A world of cities and the end of TB

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 151-152

  Prasad, Amit ^a   Ross, Alex ^a   Rosenberg, Paul ^a   Dye, Christopher ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Health inequality; Sustainable Development Goals; Tuberculosis; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

CITY PLANNING; CLIMATE CHANGE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; NOTE; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL AREA; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CITY; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH DISPARITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

CITIES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84959906317     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trw004     Document Type: Note

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