Assessing health care needs among street homeless and transitionally housed adults

Journal of Social Service Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 338-350

  Barrett, Blake ^a   Fogel, Sondra J ^b   Garrett, Jack ^c   Young, M Scott ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Homeless Coalition of Hillsborough County   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral health; Homeless; Homeless services; Physical health

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957538804     PISSN: 01488376     EISSN: 15407314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01488376.2011.564073     Document Type: Article

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