Health status of people of slums in Nairobi, Kenya

Environmental Research

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 219-227

  Gulis, Gabriel ^a   Mulumba, Joshua Anam Amos ^b   Juma, Olivia ^b   Kakosova, Beatrica ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b TRNAVA UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Health status; Kenya; Slums

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

DEVELOPING WORLD; HEALTH STATUS; POVERTY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEADACHE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SAMPLE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY AREAS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; NAIROBI [KENYA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

SLUM;

EID: 4344598920     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2004.01.016     Document Type: Article

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