Urban health in developing countries

International Encyclopedia of Public Health

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 452-463

  Stephens, C ^a   Satterthwaite, D ^b  

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

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Demographic change; Equity; Industrialization; Inequality; Infectious disease; Pollution; Sustainability; Urban; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954476816     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012373960-5.00406-8     Document Type: Chapter

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