Women's Health Issues
Volume 18, Issue 6, Supplement , Pages S97-S106 , November 2008

Welfare Reform and Insurance Coverage During the Pregnancy Period: Implications for Preconception and Interconception Care

  • Kosali Ilayperuma Simon, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Policy Analysis and Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Kosali Ilayperuma Simon, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Policy Analysis and Management, 103 MVR Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-4401
    • ,
  • Arden Handler, DrPH

      Affiliations

    • University of Illinois School of Public Health, Chicago, Illinois

Received 20 March 2008 ,Revised 15 August 2008 ,Accepted 15 August 2008.

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 The authors have no direct financial interests that might pose a conflict of interest in connection with the submitted manuscript.

PII: S1049-3867(08)00131-X

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2008.08.004

Women's Health Issues
Volume 18, Issue 6, Supplement , Pages S97-S106 , November 2008

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