Factors associated with violent victimisation among homeless adults in Sydney, Australia

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 347-351

  Larney, Sarah ^a   Conroy, Elizabeth ^a   Mills, Katherine L ^a   Burns, Lucy ^a   Teesson, Maree ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crime victims; Homeless persons; Violence

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CRIME VICTIMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69249175126     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2009.00406.x     Document Type: Article

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