Home is where you draw strength and rest: The meanings of home for houseless young people

Youth and Society

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 752-773

  Kidd, Sean A ^a   Evans, Josh D ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

home; homeless; homeless youth; street youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958720446     PISSN: 0044118X     EISSN: 15528499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0044118X10374018     Document Type: Article

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