Housing and environmental factors and their effects on the health of children in the slums of Karachi, Pakistan

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 271-281

  D'Souza, Rennie M ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CLEANING; COOKING; DIARRHEA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY SIZE; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAKISTAN; POVERTY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; SEWER; STORAGE; WATER SUPPLY;

AGE FACTORS; ASIA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA; DISEASES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS; HEALTH; HOUSING; INFECTIONS; LOW INCOME POPULATION; PAKISTAN; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SANITATION; SLUMS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SOUTHERN ASIA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STUDIES; SURVEYS; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBANIZATION; YOUTH;

CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIARRHEA; ENVIRONMENT; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAKISTAN; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0030955761     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002193209700271X     Document Type: Article

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