Urban health in Johannesburg: The importance of place in understanding intra-urban inequalities in a context of migration and HIV

Health and Place

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 694-702

  Vearey, Joanna ^a   Palmary, Ingrid ^a   Thomas, Liz ^a   Nunez, Lorena ^a   Drimie, Scott ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV; Informal settlement; Migration; Urban health; Urban inequalities

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE SPREAD; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; INNER CITY AREA; MIGRATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION;

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MIGRATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN AREA;

GAUTENG; JOHANNESBURG; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77952581477     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.02.007     Document Type: Article

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