An exploration of the influence of household poverty spells on mortality risk

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 224-234

  Oh, Hyun Joo ^a  

^a Family Research Consortium III   (United States)

Author keywords

Family adaptive strategies; Mortality; Poverty spell

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035256112     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2001.00224.x     Document Type: Article

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