Homelessness and harm reduction

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 03 Jan 2006 English Publisher:CMA Joule Inc.Journal:Canadian Medical Association Journal, volume 174, pages 50-51 (issn: 0820-3946, eissn: 1488-2329,

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Authors: Stephen W, Hwang;

doi: 10.1503/cmaj.051505

pmid: 16389237

pmc: PMC1319346

Homelessness and harm reduction

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Abstract

Every night, about 800 000 Americans and tens of thousands of Canadians sleep on the street or in homeless shelters.[1][1],[2][2] Countless more stay temporarily with friends or relatives because they have no home of their own.[3][3] Those who experience homelessness represent a remarkably diverse

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University of Toronto
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Keywords

Alcoholism, Canada, Harm Reduction, Social Conditions, Ill-Housed Persons, Humans

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