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Elderly homeless people: elusive subjects and slippery concepts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2008

Maureen Crane
Maureen Crane
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Department of Health Care for Elderly People, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S5 7AU, UK.
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Ageing & Society , Volume 14 , Issue 4 , December 1994 , pp. 631 - 640
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Copyright Cambridge University Press 1994

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