Coming home: Health status and homelessness risk of older pre-release prisoners

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1038-1044

  Williams, Brie A ^a,b   McGuire, James ^c   Lindsay, Rebecca G ^d,e   Baillargeon, Jacques ^f   Cenzer, Irena Stijacic ^a,b   Lee, Sei J ^a,b   Kushel, Margot ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

health status; homelessness risk; older prisoners; pre release prisoners

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIA; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRISONER; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONERS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VETERANS;

EID: 77957202933     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-010-1416-8     Document Type: Article

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