The health of poor women under welfare reform

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1252-1258

  Kaplan, George A ^a   Siefert, Kristine ^b   Ranjit, Nalini ^a   Raghunathan, Trivellore E ^c   Young, Elizabeth A ^d   Tran, Diem ^a   Danziger, Sandra ^b   Hudson, Susan ^e   Lynch, John W ^a   Tolman, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b School of Social Work

^c Survey Research Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e Genesee County Health Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL WELFARE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS (U.S.); POVERTY; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL WELFARE; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 21144456598     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.037804     Document Type: Article

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