All slums are not equal: Child health conditions among the urban poor

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 233-244

  Agarwal, Siddharth ^a   Taneja, Shivani ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Child health; Differential vulnerability; Urban slums; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMUNITY CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; POPULATION GROWTH; REVIEW; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; HUMANS; INDIA; POVERTY; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; URBAN POPULATION; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 16244374899     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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