Pathways to homelessness among older homeless adults: Results from the HOPE HOME study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Brown, Rebecca T ^a,b   Goodman, Leah ^c   Guzman, David ^a   Tieu, Lina ^a   Ponath, Claudia ^a   Kushel, Margot B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALIFORNIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; IMPRISONMENT; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREVALENCE; PUNISHMENT; SUBSTANCE USE; VULNERABLE POPULATION; AGE; AGED; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; HOMELESS PERSON; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84968860998     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0155065     Document Type: Article

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