Slum sanitation and the social determinants of women's health in Nairobi, Kenya

Journal of Environmental and Public Health

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Corburn, Jason ^a   Hildebrand, Chantal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MENSTRUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SANITATION; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; VIOLENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; CITY; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION;

CITIES; KENYA; POVERTY AREAS; SANITATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84929305066     PISSN: 16879805     EISSN: 16879813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/209505     Document Type: Review

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