American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 332-341.e2 , October 2006

The Rising Prevalence of Severe Poverty in America: A Growing Threat to Public Health

  • Steven H. Woolf, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA
    • Department of Epidemiology and Community Health, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to: Steven H. Woolf, MD, MPH, Department of Family Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1200 East Broad Street, P.O. Box 980251, MCV Station, Richmond VA 23298-0251.
    • ,
  • Robert E. Johnson, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA
    • Department of Biostatistics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
    • ,
  • H. Jack Geiger, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community Health and Social Medicine, City University of New York Medical School, New York, New York

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