The effect of traumatic brain injury on the health of homeless people

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 179, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 779-784

  Hwang, Stephen W ^a,b,g   Colantonio, Angela ^c   Chiu, Shirley ^a   Tolomiczenko, George ^c,e   Kiss, Alex ^d   Cowan, Laura ^f   Redelmeier, Donald A ^b,d   Levinson, Wendy ^b  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of Canada   (Canada)

^f Street Health Community Nursing Foundation   (Canada)

^g ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONFUSION; DISORIENTATION; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; SEIZURE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 54349104452     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.080341     Document Type: Article

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