TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2001//
TI  - Urban health in developing countries: a review
JO  - Progress in development studies
A1  - Harpham, Trudy
A1  - Molyneux, Catherine
SP  - 113
EP  - 137
VL  - 1
IS  - 2
N2  - The last major review of urban health in developing countries was published in 1992. At that time, knowledge was largely limited to crude rural-urban comparisons and some ad hoc studies of low-income urban communities. Most research was done on communicable (infectious) diseases and little was known about the relationship between urban life in developing countries and chronic illness such as mental ill-health, heart disease and cancer. This paper updates knowledge by reviewing recent research on intra-urban health inequalities, urban health-seeking behaviour and the importance of urban-rural links for health. It also presents a new model of urban health that incorporates changes in urban health research and practice.<p /> 
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SN  - 1464-9934
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/146499340100100202
ID  - ref1
ER  -