Battering and the poverty trap

Journal of Poverty

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 23-43

  Brush, Lisa D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Earnings; Employment; Homelessness; Hunger; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846994200     PISSN: 10875549     EISSN: 15407608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J134v08n03_02     Document Type: Article

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