Health of the urban poor in developing countries.
The urban poor are at the interface between underdevelopment and industrialization and their disease patterns reflect the problems of both. From the first they carry a heavy burden of infectious diseases and malnutrition, while from the second they suffer the typical spectrum of chronic and social diseases.
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Evaluation and Planning Centre for Health Care, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London WC1 E7HT, UK.