Urbanization and public health in China /

"Urbanization has dominated China's development landscape in recent decades, yet the human costs of this economic achievement are largely ignored in commentaries on the subject. Urbanization and Public Health in China seeks to redress this imbalance by bringing together academics and resea...

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Corporate Authors: World Scientific Firm
Group Author: Li, Mu Professor of public heath; Wu, Yang Feng
Published: Imperial College Press,
Publisher Address: London :
Publication Dates: 2016.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
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Online Access: http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/P1052#t=toc
Summary: "Urbanization has dominated China's development landscape in recent decades, yet the human costs of this economic achievement are largely ignored in commentaries on the subject. Urbanization and Public Health in China seeks to redress this imbalance by bringing together academics and researchers from across China and Australia to offer fresh perspectives on public health issues resulting from urbanization. The analyses focus on issues of unequal access to health services by the most vulnerable groups: the elderly and rural-to-urban migrants. The book explores these issues through demographic
Item Description: Title from PDF file title page (viewed December 7, 2015).
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xviii, 382 pages) : illustrations, maps
ISBN: 9781783268559 (ebook)
1783268557 (ebook)
Index Number: RA566
CLC: R126