Low-income fathers' access to health insurance

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 152-164

  Corman, Hope ^a   Noonan, Kelly ^a   Carroll, Anne ^a   Reichman, Nancy E ^b,c  

^a RIDER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health insurance; Low income fathers; Men's health; Mental health; Physical health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; FATHER; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FATHERS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 63249110106     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.0.0120     Document Type: Article

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