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Psychosocial Risk Factors for Transitions Into Housing Instability Among Women Veterans

Ellen Mulcahy, Dorota Szymkowiak and Ann Elizabeth Montgomery
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2021, 34 (2) 387-391; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2021.02.200333
Ellen Mulcahy
From Department of Behavioral and Social Science, University of Sciences (EM); National Center on Homelessness among Veterans (DS); National Center on Homelessness among Veterans, Birmingham VA Medical Center, and University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health, Birmingham, AL (AEM).
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Dorota Szymkowiak
From Department of Behavioral and Social Science, University of Sciences (EM); National Center on Homelessness among Veterans (DS); National Center on Homelessness among Veterans, Birmingham VA Medical Center, and University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health, Birmingham, AL (AEM).
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Ann Elizabeth Montgomery
From Department of Behavioral and Social Science, University of Sciences (EM); National Center on Homelessness among Veterans (DS); National Center on Homelessness among Veterans, Birmingham VA Medical Center, and University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health, Birmingham, AL (AEM).
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