The effects of poverty on children

Future of Children

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 55-71

  Brooks Gunn, Jeanne ^a   Duncan, Greg J ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; CHILD WELFARE; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; HUMAN; INCOME; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POVERTY; REVIEW; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WELLBEING;

EID: 0031400410     PISSN: 10548289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1602387     Document Type: Review

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