Level of street involvement and health and health services use of calgary street youth

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 384-388

  Worthington, Catherine A ^a   MacLaurin, Bruce J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community based research; Health risks; Health services utilization; Street youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANADA; CHILD; CONDOM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALBERTA; CHILD; CONDOMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73449139742     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405276     Document Type: Article

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