Editorial: Iatrogenic poverty
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Editorial: Iatrogenic poverty
Poverty and illness are intertwined. It is a well-documented fact that poverty leads to ill-health. In every society, morbidity and mortality are higher among the poor (Wagstaff 2002). Determinants of lower health status include nutrition, environment, education, lifestyle and access to health care. Less is known about how illness itself can lead to poverty in developing countries. There are tw...
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عنوان ژورنال: Tropical Medicine and International Health
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1360-2276,1365-3156
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2003.01081.x