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The burden of disease profile of residents of Nairobi's slums: Results from a Demographic Surveillance System

BACKGROUND: With increasing urbanization in sub-Saharan Africa and poor economic performance, the growth of slums is unavoidable. About 71% of urban residents in Kenya live in slums. Slums are characteristically unplanned, underserved by social services, and their residents are largely underemployed...

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Autores principales: Kyobutungi, Catherine, Ziraba, Abdhalah Kasiira, Ezeh, Alex, Yé, Yazoumé
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2292687/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18331630
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1478-7954-6-1