Correlates of adult assault among homeless women

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1250-1262

  Hudson, Angela L ^a   Wright, Kynna ^a   Bhattacharya, Debika ^b   Sinha, Karabi ^a   Nyamathi, Adeline ^a   Marfisee, Mary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Homeless women; Physical assault; Sexual assault

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PRISON; PROSTITUTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL CRIME; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LOS ANGELES; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONS; PROSTITUTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX OFFENSES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 78649557580     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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