Correlates of service utilization among homeless youth

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1344-1350

  Tyler, Kimberly A ^a   Akinyemi, Sarah L ^b   Kort Butler, Lisa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b Kenexa ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Family histories; Homeless youth; Service utilization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861482536     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2012.03.010     Document Type: Article

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