Urban health in developing countries: What do we know and where do we go?

Health and Place

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 107-116

  Harpham, Trudy ^a,b  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Intra urban differences; Resilience; Review; Social determinants; Urban

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; LITERATURE REVIEW; LOW INCOME HOUSING; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; URBAN AREA; VULNERABILITY;

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN AREA;

EID: 54549122737     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2008.03.004     Document Type: Article

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