Evaluating sanitary quality and classifying urban sectors according to environmental conditions

Environment and Urbanization

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 235-249

  Milroy, Craig A ^a   Borja, Patricia C ^b,c   Barros, Fernando R ^d   Barreto, Mauricio L ^b,e  

^a Natl Security Education Programme   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c 217 Edificio Casa do Torre ^*  (Brazil)

^d State Secretariat of Health of Bahia   (Brazil)

^e Instituto de Saúde Coletiva UFBa   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SANITATION; URBAN AREA;

BAHIA STATE; BRAZIL; SALVADOR;

EID: 0035013858     PISSN: 09562478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1630/095624701101285595     Document Type: Article

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