Housing Subsidies and Pediatric Undernutrition
Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent MedicinePublished 1 October 1995
Alan Meyers
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Receiving a housing subsidy is associated with increased growth in children from low-income families, an effect that is consistent with a protective effect of housing subsidies against childhood undernutrition.
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Receiving a housing subsidy is associated with increased growth in children from low-income families, an effect that is consistent with a protective effect of housing subsidies against childhood undernutrition.
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