Childhood morbidities among income- and categorically-eligible WIC program participants and non-participants

Journal of Children and Poverty

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-66

  Sparks, P Johnelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth cohort (ECLS B); Childhood morbidities; Early childhood longitudinal study; WIC

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956169852     PISSN: 10796126     EISSN: 14699389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10796120903575093     Document Type: Article

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