The history, geography, and sociology of slums and the health problems of people who live in slums

The Lancet

Volumn 389, Issue 10068, 2017, Pages 547-558

  Ezeh, Alex ^a,b   Oyebode, Oyinlola ^c   Satterthwaite, David ^d   Chen, Yen Fu ^c   Ndugwa, Robert ^e   Sartori, Jo ^c   Mberu, Blessing ^a   Melendez Torres, G J ^c   Haregu, Tilahun ^a   Watson, Samuel I ^c   Caiaffa, Waleska ^f   Capon, Anthony ^g   Lilford, Richard J ^c  

^a AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

^e United Nations Human Settlements Programme   (Kenya)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^g United Nations University   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; DIARRHEA; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISTORY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION; INJURY; MALNUTRITION; MENTAL HEALTH; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SANITATION; SLUM AREA; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUNTING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VIOLENCE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH DISPARITY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; POVERTY AREAS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 85005877153     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31650-6     Document Type: Review

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