Does SNAP improve your health?

Food Policy

Volumn 50, Issue , 2015, Pages 11-19

  Gregory, Christian A ^a   Deb, Partha ^b,c  

^a ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Food assistance; Health status; Health utilization; Latent factor approach; Self assessed health; Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

Indexed keywords

HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH STATUS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84910017277     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2014.09.010     Document Type: Article

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