Homelessness and Health: Key Themes from Three Decades of Research

Poverty and Health: A Crisis among America’s Most Vulnerable: Volume 1-2

Volumn 1, Issue , 2013, Pages 105-141

  Baggett, Travis P ^a,b   Jenkins, Darlene M ^c,d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM   (United States)

^c National Health Care for the Homeless Council   (United States)

^d Centers of Medicare & Medicaid Innovation ^*  (United States)

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