Precarious lives: Work, health and hunger among current and former welfare recipients in Toronto

Journal of Policy Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 242-259

  Lightman, Ernie ^a   Herd, Dean ^a   Mitchell, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health; Hunger; In depth experiences; Ontario; Welfare reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 69849122951     PISSN: 15588742     EISSN: 15588750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15588740802258508     Document Type: Article

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