The challenge of understanding mortality changes among street youth

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 95-101

  Roy, Élise ^a,b   Haley, Nancy ^b,c   Boudreau, Jean François ^a   Leclerc, Pascale ^b   Boivin, Jean François ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b Gouvernement du Quebec   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Incidence; Mortality; Predictors; Street youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77249138152     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-009-9397-9     Document Type: Article

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