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Slum Health: From Understanding to Action

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  • Alon Unger
  • Lee W Riley

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The defining physical and legal characteristics of slums profoundly affect the health of these communities and may also serve as potential targets for immediate intervention.

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  • Alon Unger & Lee W Riley, 2007. "Slum Health: From Understanding to Action," PLOS Medicine, Public Library of Science, vol. 4(10), pages 1-6, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pmed00:0040295
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040295
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