Older homeless adults: can we do more?

Editorial

Margot Kushel. J Gen Intern Med. 2012 Jan.

. 2012 Jan;27(1):5-6.

doi: 10.1007/s11606-011-1925-0.

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Comment on

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BRIEF REPORT: the aging of the homeless population: fourteen-year trends in San Francisco.
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Geriatric syndromes in older homeless adults.
Brown RT, Kiely DK, Bharel M, Mitchell SL. Brown RT, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2012 Jan;27(1):16-22. doi: 10.1007/s11606-011-1848-9. Epub 2011 Aug 31. J Gen Intern Med. 2012. PMID: 21879368 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.

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