Support for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Policy Alternatives Among US Adults, 2018

Affiliations

¹ Rebecca L. Franckle, Sara N. Bleich, Mary T. G. Findling, and Eric B. Rimm are with the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA. Michele Polacsek is with the Westbrook College of Health Professions, University of New England, Portland, ME. Anne N. Thorndike is with the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston. Alyssa J. Moran is with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD.

Rebecca L Franckle et al. Am J Public Health. 2019 Jul.

. 2019 Jul;109(7):993-995.

doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2019.305112.

¹ Rebecca L. Franckle, Sara N. Bleich, Mary T. G. Findling, and Eric B. Rimm are with the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA. Michele Polacsek is with the Westbrook College of Health Professions, University of New England, Portland, ME. Anne N. Thorndike is with the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston. Alyssa J. Moran is with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD.

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