Welcome to the neighborhood: Does where you live affect the use of nutrition, health and welfare programs?

Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 141-166

  De Marco, Molly ^a   De Marco, Allison C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Neighborhoods; Poverty; Social isolation; Social services

Indexed keywords

EID: 60049097643     PISSN: 01915096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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