The legacy of hull house and the children's bureau in the American mortality transition

Social Service Review

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-27

  Almgren, Gunnar ^a   Kemp, Susan P ^a   Eisinger, Alison ^a  

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DOI: 10.1086/514458     Document Type: Article

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