Mortality among homeless shelter residents in New York City.

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Published in Am J Public Health on April 01, 1999

Authors

S M Barrow1, D B Herman, P Córdova, E L Struening

Author Affiliations

1: New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York 10032, USA. barrows@pi.cpmc.columbia.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Self-Management Using Text Messaging in a Homeless Population | NCT03034993

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