Factor structure and risk factors for the health status of homeless veterans

Psychiatric Quarterly

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 311-323

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

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Health status; Homeless

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG ABUSE; EMPHYSEMA; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ETHNICITY; EYE DISEASE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INJURY; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOOD DISORDER; ORTHOPEDICS; PERSONALITY DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEIZURE; VETERAN;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DELAWARE; EMPLOYMENT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; NEW JERSEY; ODDS RATIO; OHIO; PENNSYLVANIA; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VETERANS; WEST VIRGINIA;

EID: 78149415039     PISSN: 00332720     EISSN: 15736709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11126-010-9140-4     Document Type: Article

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