Outsourcing meals: Effects of maternal work on children's school meal participation

Social Service Review

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 565-593

  Datar, Ashlesha ^a   Nicosia, Nancy ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

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EID: 84875642775     PISSN: 00377961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/668645     Document Type: Article

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