Urban as a determinant of health

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 84, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  Vlahov, David ^a   Freudenberg, Nicholas ^b   Proietti, Fernando ^c   Ompad, Danielle ^a   Quinn, Andrew ^a   Nandi, Vijay ^a   Galea, Sandro ^a,d  

^a NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Slums; Social determinants; Urban health; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION; WELLBEING;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; URBAN HEALTH; URBANIZATION;

EID: 34249085981     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-007-9169-3     Document Type: Article

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