Slum health: Diseases of neglected populations

BMC International Health and Human Rights

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Riley, Lee W ^a   Ko, Albert I ^b,c   Unger, Alon ^d   Reis, Mitermayer G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BRAZIL; COMMUNITY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; REFUGEE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; URBAN AREA;

EID: 33947366422     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-698X-7-2     Document Type: Review

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