High-expenditure children with Supplemental Security Income.

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Published in Pediatrics on September 01, 1998

Authors

K Kuhlthau1, J M Perrin, S L Ettner, T J McLaughlin, S L Gortmaker

Author Affiliations

1: Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114, USA.

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