Predictors of successful tracking over time in a homeless population

Social Work Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 153-159

  North, Carol S ^a   Black, Melissa ^b   Pollio, David E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

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EID: 84868019902     PISSN: 10705309     EISSN: 15456838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/swr/svs005     Document Type: Article

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