Slum Residence and Child Health in Developing Countries

Demography

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1175-1197

  Fink, Günther ^a   Günther, Isabel ^b   Hill, Kenneth ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Child health; DHS; Mortality; Slums; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; POVERTY AREAS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84904961016     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-014-0302-0     Document Type: Article

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