Impact of welfare reform on mortality: An evaluation of the connecticut jobs first program, a randomized controlled trial

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 534-538

  Wilde, Elizabeth T ^a   Rosen, Zohn ^a   Couch, Kenneth ^b   Muennig, Peter A ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; POLICY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIAL WELFARE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AID TO FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONNECTICUT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL WELFARE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894076040     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.301072     Document Type: Article

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