Do homeless veterans have the same needs and outcomes as non-veterans?

Military Medicine

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-31

  Tsai, Jack ^a,b   Mares, Alvin S ^c   Rosenheck, Robert A ^a,b,d  

^a Education and Clinical Center   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 84855698052     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-11-00128     Document Type: Article

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