Property rights and chronic diseases: Evidence from a natural experiment in Montevideo, Uruguay 1990-2006

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 159-167

  Gandelman, Néstor ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD ORT URUGUAY   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Chronic diseases; Health; Land titling; Property rights; Uruguay

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; URUGUAY;

EID: 77956648382     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2010.05.005     Document Type: Article

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