Mental health barriers to employment for tanf recipients

Journal of Poverty

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 109-120

  Stromwall, Layne K ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment barriers; Mental health; Psychiatric disability; Tanf

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010534672     PISSN: 10875549     EISSN: 15407608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J134v06n03_05     Document Type: Article

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