Insuring the children: Obstacles and opportunities

Families in Society

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 516-525

  Perloff, Janet D ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 0033242897     PISSN: 10443894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1606/1044-3894.1481     Document Type: Article

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