Providing care for children and adolescents facing homelessness and housing insecurity

Pediatrics

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1206-1210

  Briggs, Melissa A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Health; Homelessness; Housing insecurity; Pediatrician; Poverty; Toxic stress

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD ADVOCACY; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHRONIC DISEASE; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUNGER; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PEDIATRICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878698523     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-0645     Document Type: Article

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