Homelessness and health

By J. Turnbull, Wendy Muckle, Cristina Masters. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2007

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Homelessness is evolving into a national and international crisis. Within developed countries, homeless rates are now believed to approximate 1% of most urban populations.[1][1] In the 2001 Canadian census, 14 145 people were counted as living in a shelter. Of note, 1490 (0r 10%) people were under

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Danger on the Streets (2005, background): “Wright and Weber (1987) identified homicide as the cause of death for 26% of the homeless decedents in their sample, a proportion more than 20 times greater than in the domiciled population.”
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