The urban health transition hypothesis: Empirical evidence of an avian influenza Kuznets curve in Vietnam?

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 343-357

  Spencer, James Herbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian influenza; Emerging infectious disease; Health transition; Urban transition; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMICS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POULTRY; STATISTICS; VIET NAM;

ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH TRANSITION; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; POULTRY; URBAN HEALTH; VIETNAM;

EID: 84876290110     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-012-9719-1     Document Type: Article

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