Homeless youth's overwhelming health burden: A review of the literature

Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Kulik, Dina M ^a   Gaetz, Stephen ^b   Crowe, Cathy ^c   Ford Jones, Elizabeth ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c University of Toronto ^*

Author keywords

Homeless; Homelessness; Poverty; Street youth; Youth

Indexed keywords

CANADA; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MEDLINE; MENTAL HEALTH; POVERTY; REVIEW; RUNAWAY BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL WORK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 80053988378     PISSN: 12057088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pch/16.6.e43     Document Type: Review

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