Ambulatory Pediatrics
Volume 8, Issue 1 , Pages 50-57 , January 2008

Associations Between Housing Instability and Food Insecurity With Health Care Access in Low-Income Children

Received 13 February 2007 ,Accepted 18 August 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ambp.2007.08.004

Ambulatory Pediatrics
Volume 8, Issue 1 , Pages 50-57 , January 2008

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