Highways and outposts: economic development and health threats in the central Brazilian Amazon region
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Economic development is often evoked as a driving force that has the capacity to improve the social and health conditions of remote areas. However, development projects produce uneven impacts on local communities, according to their...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2010-06-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Health Geographics |
| Online Access: | http://www.ij-healthgeographics.com/content/9/1/30 |