2-1-1 Information services: Outcomes assessment, benefit-cost analysis, and policy issues

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 186-215

  Saxton, Matthew L ^a   Naumer, Charles M ^a   Fisher, Karen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 33845202811     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2006.02.013     Document Type: Article

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