A place to live : families and child health in a Cairo neighborhood / Belgin Tekçe, Linda Oldham, F...
A place to live : families and child health in a Cairo neighborhood / Belgin Tekçe, Linda Oldham, F...
A place to live : families and child health in a Cairo neighborhood / Belgin Tekçe, Linda Oldham, Frederic Shorter.
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Cairo, Egypt : American University in Cairo Press, c1994.
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N306.096216/1
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Language
English
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Physical content
xi, 201 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill., folded map ; 25 cm.
Contents
1. The Setting and the Approach -- 2. Manshiet Nasser: The Community -- 3. Manshiet Nasser: Households -- 4. Posing the Question: Why do Children Die? -- 5. How Recurrent Infections and Undernutrition Weaken Children -- 6. Home Management of Health and Illness -- 7. The Multi-Layered Process of Prod...
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Publisher
Cairo, Egypt : American University in Cairo Press, c1994.
Date Published
c1994.
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Summary
When people are not affluent, the quality of their health is a precious possession and a powerful measure of their general welfare; it is also the consequence of a many-layered set of medical, social, and economic processes. This study shows how the conditions of everyday life in a city that is out of control, short on resources, and growing rapidl...
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A place to live : families and child health in a Cairo neighborhood / Belgin Tekçe, Linda Oldham, Frederic Shorter.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-195) and index.
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c1994.
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N306.096216/1
Record Identifier
74VK7dGXgJab
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VK7dGXgJab
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ISBN
9774243153
9789774243158
DDC
306.096216
MMS ID
991022724659702626
