"We're locking the door": Family histories in a sample of homeless youth

Qualitative Report

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1209-1226

  Alvi, Shahid ^a   Scott, Hannah ^a   Stanyon, Wendy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Family histories; Homeless youth; Intolerant parenting

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957012282     PISSN: 10520147     EISSN: 21603715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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