Homelessness as an independent risk factor for mortality: Results from a retrospective cohort study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 877-883

  Morrison, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deprivation; Homeless; Inequality; Mortality; Poverty

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH RISK; HOMELESSNESS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCOTLAND; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GLASGOW [SCOTLAND]; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 66749162115     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyp160     Document Type: Article

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