The concentration of disadvantage and the rise of an urban penalty: Urban slum prevalence and the social production of health inequalities in the developing countries

International Journal of Health Services

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 749-770

  Rice, James ^a   Rice, Julie ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

CAUSE OF DEATH; DEVELOPING WORLD; FERTILITY; HEALTH IMPACT; LOW INCOME POPULATION; MORBIDITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FERTILITY; HEALTH CARE; HOUSEHOLD; HYGIENE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SANITATION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WATER SUPPLY;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; POVERTY AREAS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 70349527789     PISSN: 00207314     EISSN: 15414469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/HS.39.4.i     Document Type: Article

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