Chronically homeless women report high rates of substance use problems equivalent to chronically homeless men

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 383-389

  Edens, Ellen Lockard ^a,b,c   Mares, Alvin S ^d   Rosenheck, Robert A ^a,b,c,e  

^a Education   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER ON HOMELESSNESS AMONG VETERANS   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052362209     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: 18784321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2011.03.004     Document Type: Article

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