Same as it ever was, only worse: Negative life events and poverty among New Orleans Katrina survivors

Families in Society

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 375-381

  Hawkins, Robert L ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70849121573     PISSN: 10443894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1606/1044-3894.3922     Document Type: Article

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