Living and health conditions of selected cities in India: Setting priorities for the National Urban Health Mission

Cities

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 461-469

  Goli, Srinivas ^a   Arokiasamy, P ^a   Chattopadhayay, Aparajita ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Health; Healthy city; Living conditions; National Urban Health Mission; Policy challenges

Indexed keywords

HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; POLICY MAKING; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN AREA;

INDIA;

EID: 80051588882     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2011.05.006     Document Type: Article

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