Gender and the use of veterans health administration homeless services programs among Iraq/Afghanistan veterans

Medical Care

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 347-352

  Blackstock, Oni J ^a,b,c   Haskell, Sally G ^a,c   Brandt, Cynthia A ^c   Desai, Rani A ^a,b,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

health services; homelessness; utilization; Veterans; women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VETERANS HEALTH;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858669674     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e318245a738     Document Type: Article

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