Welfare program implementation and parents' depression

Social Service Review

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 579-614

  Morris, Pamela A ^a  

^a MDRC ^*

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EID: 63049135713     PISSN: 00377961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/597349     Document Type: Article

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