Elderly homeless veterans in Los Angeles: Chronicity and precipitants of homelessness

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2013, Pages

  Van Den Berk Clark, Carissa ^a,c   McGuire, James ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b West Los Angles Healthcare Center   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MENTAL DISORDERS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; ARTICLE; MENTAL DISEASE; STATISTICS;

AGED; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOS ANGELES; MENTAL DISORDERS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; VETERANS;

EID: 84888211524     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301309     Document Type: Article

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