'We are all in this together'? The hidden costs of poverty, recession and austerity policies on britain's poorest children

Children and Society

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 406-417

  Ridge, Tess ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84881538982     PISSN: 09510605     EISSN: 10990860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/chso.12055     Document Type: Article

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