Welfare reform, employment, and drug and alcohol use among low-income women

Harvard Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 223-232

  Meara, Ellen ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Department of Health Care Policy ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Employment; Substance abuse; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABUSE; DRUG ABUSE; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; LAW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNEMPLOYMENT; WELFARE;

ALCOHOLISM; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; POVERTY; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL WELFARE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33747494229     PISSN: 10673229     EISSN: 14657309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10673220600883150     Document Type: Review

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