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. 2003 Feb;111(2):A92–A99. doi: 10.1289/ehp.111-a92

Give me shelter: the global housing crisis.

Valerie J Brown
PMCID: PMC1241368  PMID: 12573924

Abstract

In both developed and developing countries around the world, the health of significant numbers of people is adversely affected by a lack of adequate housing. Large-scale migrations into already crowded developing nation cities compound existing health problems associated with poor indoor air quality, contaminated drinking water, and limited sanitation infrastructure. In the developed world, lead exposure, indoor air quality, and asthma are among the most serious and costly housing-related health risks.

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