Comorbidity between psychiatric and general medical disorders in homeless veterans

Psychiatric Quarterly

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 199-212

  Goldstein, Gerald ^a,b   Luther, James F ^a,b   Haas, Gretchen L ^a,b   Gordon, Adam J ^a,b   Appelt, Cathleen ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Health Status; Homelessness

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOSIS; VASCULAR DISEASE; VETERAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71449084269     PISSN: 00332720     EISSN: 15736709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11126-009-9106-6     Document Type: Article

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