Slum Definitions in Urban India: Implications for the Measurement of Health Inequalities

Population and Development Review

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 59-84

  Nolan, Laura B ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; POVERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

INDIA;

EID: 84924864510     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: 17284457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2015.00026.x     Document Type: Article

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