Working but poor: How are families faring?

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 177-201

  Meyers, Marcia K ^a   Lee, Judy M ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 0037343717     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0190-7409(03)00002-1     Document Type: Article

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