Introduction: Sustaining the life of the polis

Africa

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 531-538

  Geissler, P Wenzel ^b   Kelly, Ann H ^a   Manton, John ^b   Prince, Ruth J ^b   Tousignant, Noémi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBALIZATION; HEALTH CARE; NEOLIBERALISM; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; URBAN GEOGRAPHY; URBAN AREA;

AFRICA;

EID: 84896933835     PISSN: 00019720     EISSN: 17500184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0001972013000430     Document Type: Review

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