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Juveniles

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Children's Rights: Police Abuse and Arbitrary Detention of Street Children
Human Rights Watch World Report 2000
Report
Middle East
 
Iran

Juveniles

           Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
  Innovative approach of a center for war-related homeless children in Shiraz, Iran
M. Begheri, MD,  Z Sarraf
 (134 APHA)
 Abstract
 
Israel

Older Persons

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries  
 
  Characterizing the elderly homeless: a 10-year study in Israel.
Barak Y, Cohen A.
Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2003 Oct;37(2):147-55.
Abstract
 

Juveniles

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries  
 
  Shelters for houseless youth: a follow-up evaluation.
Dekel R, Peled E, Spiro SE.   
J Adolesc 2003 Apr;26(2):201-12
 Abstract
 
Turkey
 
Juveniles

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries  
 
 
Homeless deaths in Istanbul, Turkey.
Büyük Y, Uzün I, Eke M, Ceti˙n G.  
J Forensic Leg Med. 2008 Jul;15(5):318-321.
 Abstract

Electrocardiographic and echocardiographic findings in street children known to be
substance abusers.
Olgar S, Dindar A, Ertugrul T, et al 
Cardiol Young. 2007 Dec 20;:1-4
 Abstract
Russia/Newly Independent States
 
Latvia

Juveniles

          Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
  Street Children in Kurzeme District of Riga City, their Patterns of Sexual Behavior
and Substance Abuse
J Caunitis, G Gange, I Supule, A Vavere
 (!5IAC)
 Abstract
 
Lithuania


Juveniles

          Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
  Sexual behaviour of street children in Vilnius, Lithuania
A G Davidaviciene
 (!5IAC)
 Abstract
 
Russia

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries  
 
  Examination of personality and emotional-volitional disorders in the homeless with
tuberculosis
[No authors listed]
Probl Tuberk Bolezn Legk. 2007;(11):6-10.
 Abstract
 
HIV seroprevalence in street youth, St Petersburg, Russia.
Kissin DM, Zapata L, Yorick R, et al  
AIDS. 2007 Nov 12;21(17):2333-40.
 Abstract

          Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
 
Innovations in rendering services to street children and adolescents
in St. Petersburg, Russia
Kapustina A
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract

High rates of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and related risky behavior in the
homeless population in Moscow, Russia - potential impact for HIV transmission
A  Shakarishvili, L Dubovskaya, Y Khromova, et al
 (15IAC)
 Abstract
 
Ukraine

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries  
 
  The health and well-being of neglected, abused and exploited children: The Kyiv Street
Children Project.
Kerfoot M, Koshyl V, Roganov O, et al
Child Abuse Negl. 2007 Jan 4;
Abstract
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