Homelessness and substance abuse: Which comes first?

Australian Social Work

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 342-356

  Johnson, Guy ^a   Chamberlain, Chris ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Homelessness; Housing And Support; Substance Abuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049164963     PISSN: 0312407X     EISSN: 14470748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03124070802428191     Document Type: Article

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