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Correlates of psychological functioning of homeless youth in Accra, Ghana: a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Research on homeless youth has shown that this population is at high risk for various mental health problems. Previous studies conducted among homeless young adults in Ghana have focused primarily on economic, social and cultural causes of homelessness, their engagement in risky sexual b...

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Autores principales:	Oppong Asante, Kwaku, Meyer-Weitz, Anna, Petersen, Inge
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2015
Materias:	Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4292989/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25587353 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-4458-9-1

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