Recent violence in a community-based sample of homeless and unstably housed women with high levels of psychiatric comorbidity

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1657-1663

  Riley, Elise D ^a   Cohen, Jennifer ^a   Knight, Kelly R ^a   Decker, Alyson ^b   Marson, Kara ^a   Shumway, Martha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL CRIME; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX OFFENSES; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84906076000     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.301958     Document Type: Article

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