A portrait of the delta: Enduring hope and enduring despair

Journal of Health and Human Services Administration

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 10-29

  Neaves, Tonya T ^a   Feierabend, Neal ^a   Butts, Charles Caleb ^a   Weiskopf, W Lee ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 44949197817     PISSN: 10793739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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