Informing State Policymakers: Opportunities for Social Workers

Social Work

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 251-261

  Jackson Elmoore, Cynthia ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advocacy; Information; Public policy; Social work; State legislatures

Indexed keywords

EID: 23944473605     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/50.3.251     Document Type: Article

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