[Health, marginality and regional development].
The paper discusses the close link between marginality, regional development and health. In order to do so, reference is made to some health indicators like nutrition, causes of death and health infrastructure within the low as well as the high marginality areas. The paper also presents the strategies that the Ministry of Health has established to assist the population living in the high marginality areas. It specifies the related activities that are being carried out through the national institutes of health and the sanitary regulation offices.
Urbina-Fuentes
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Servicios de Salud Pública en el Distrito Federal de la SSa, Asturias, México, D.F.
Narro-Robles
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Wolpert-Barraza
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Meljem-Moctezuma
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J
D000328:Adult; D002423:Cause of Death; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005513:Food Inspection; D006262:Health; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008017:Life Expectancy; D008297:Male; D008428:Maternal Mortality; D008800:Mexico; D009026:Mortality; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D011247:Pregnancy; D012040:Regional Health Planning; D012041:Regional Medical Programs; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014171:Transients and Migrants