Poverty and health: Defeating poverty by going to the roots

Development

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 63-69

  Krishna, Anirudh ^a  

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Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; POVERTY ALLEVIATION;

EID: 34249844792     PISSN: 10116370     EISSN: 14617072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.development.1100359     Document Type: Article

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