Drug use and barriers to and facilitators of drug treatment for homeless youth

Patient Preference and Adherence

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 1-8

  Nyamathi, Adeline ^a   Hudson, Angela ^a   Mutere, Malaika ^a   Christiani, Ashley ^b   Sweat, Jeff ^a   Nyamathi, Kamala ^a   Broms, Theresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Homeless; Los Angeles; Substance use

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886446620     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1177889X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/PPA.S     Document Type: Article

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