Substance-Abusing Urban Homeless in the Late 1990s: How Do They Differ From Non-Substance-Abusing Homeless Persons?
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1099-3460,1471-8505
DOI: 10.1093/jurban/jth144