Comparison of health-related outcomes between urban slums, urban affluent and rural areas in and around Dhaka Megacity, Bangladesh

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Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-87

  Khan, Md Mubarak Hossain ^a   Krämer, Alexander ^a   Grübner, Oliver ^b  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING WORLD; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH IMPACT; HOUSING; MEGACITY; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; URBAN AREA;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; DHAKA [BANGLADESH]; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 67651106177     PISSN: 00139998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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