Could the COVID-19 Crisis Help Eradicate Chronic Homelessness?

Affiliations

¹ Lucas G. Wiessing is with the Public Health Unit, European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, Lisbon, Portugal. Carole Seguin-Devaux is with the Department of Infection and Immunity, Luxembourg Institute of Health, Esch sur Alzette, Luxembourg. Cristiana S. Merendeiro is with the CRESCER-Community Intervention Association, Lisbon, Portugal.

Editorial

Lucas G Wiessing et al. Am J Public Health. 2021 Jan.

. 2021 Jan;111(1):25-26.

doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2020.306015.

¹ Lucas G. Wiessing is with the Public Health Unit, European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, Lisbon, Portugal. Carole Seguin-Devaux is with the Department of Infection and Immunity, Luxembourg Institute of Health, Esch sur Alzette, Luxembourg. Cristiana S. Merendeiro is with the CRESCER-Community Intervention Association, Lisbon, Portugal.

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