The Health of Populations (HSERV 482 / GH 490) Course Syllabus - Spring 2010

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[38]  V. Strasburger.  Children, adolescents and the media: what we know, what we don’t know and what we need to find out (quickly!) , 2009, Archives of Disease in Childhood.

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[69]  N. O. Kwate.  Take one down, pass it around, 98 alcohol ads on the wall: outdoor advertising in New York city's black neighbourhoods. , 2007, International journal of epidemiology.

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[74]  J. Hearn.  African NGOs: The New Compradors? , 2007 .

[75]  P. Mcintosh.  White privilege: Unpacking the invisible knapsack. , 2003 .

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[79]  G. Davey Smith,et al.  The mortality divide in India: the differential contributions of gender, caste, and standard of living across the life course. , 2006, American journal of public health.

[80]  Nathan Nunn.  Historical Legacies: A Model Linking Africa's Past to its Current Underdevelopment , 2007 .

[81]  R. Hong.  Effect of economic inequality on chronic childhood undernutrition in Ghana , 2007, Public Health Nutrition.

[82]  Måns Rosén,et al.  Mortality, severe morbidity, and injury in children living with single parents in Sweden: a population-based study , 2003, The Lancet.

[83]  David Sanders,et al.  The health and health system of South Africa: historical roots of current public health challenges , 2009, The Lancet.