"Dying to get a house?" The health outcomes of the South African low-income housing programme

Habitat International

Volumn 43, Issue , 2014, Pages 48-60

  Marais, Lochner ^a   Cloete, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Health outcomes; Housing programmes; Low income housing

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH IMPACT; HOUSING POLICY; HOUSING PROVISION; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; LOW INCOME HOUSING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; URBAN AREA;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84897640083     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2014.01.015     Document Type: Article

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