Social conditions and urban health inequities: Realities, challenges and opportunities to transform the urban landscape through research and action

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1183-1193

  De Snyder, V Nelly Salgado ^a   Friel, Sharon ^b,c   Fotso, Jean Christophe ^d   Khadr, Zeinab ^e   Meresman, Sergio ^f   Monge, Patricia ^g   Patil Deshmukh, Anita ^h  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c The Australian National University   (Australia)

^d AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^e AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO   (Egypt)

^f Centro Latinoamericano de Economía Humana CLAEH   (Uruguay)

^g UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^h Partners for Urban Knowledge Action and Research (PUKAR)   (India)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Health inequity; Slums; Social conditions; Urban

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; POVERTY AREAS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL NETWORKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84855287383     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-011-9609-y     Document Type: Article

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