Social evils, poverty & health

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 279-288

  Gupta, Rajeev ^a,b   Kumar, Praneet ^a  

^a FORTIS HOSPITAL   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Cultural barriers; Health inequality; Health risk; National issues; Poverty; Social evils

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; BREAST CANCER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; INDIA; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; IRON DEFICIENCY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFE EVENT; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLITICS; POPULATION GROWTH; POVERTY; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL STRESS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNDERWEIGHT; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNSAFE SEX; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; INDIA; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 36749041995     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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