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Improving the Health and Lives of People Living in Slums

  1. Shaaban A. Sheuya

Article first published online: 25 JUL 2008

DOI: 10.1196/annals.1425.003

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Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

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Sheuya, S. A. (2008), Improving the Health and Lives of People Living in Slums. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1136: 298–306. doi: 10.1196/annals.1425.003

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  1. Ardhi University, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

*Address for correspondence: Shaaban A. Sheuya, Ardhi University (formerly the University College of Lands and Architectural Studies), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Address: P.O. Box 35176, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Fax: 255-022-2775391.  sheuya@yahoo.com

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