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Household experiences of ill-health and risk protection mechanisms

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  • Jane Goudge

    (Centre for Health Policy, School of Public Health, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa)

  • Steve Russell

    (University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK)

  • Lucy Gilson
  • Catherine Molyneux

    (Kenya Medical Research Institute Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Nairobi, Kenya)

  • Kara Hanson

    (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK)

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  • Jane Goudge & Steve Russell & Lucy Gilson & Catherine Molyneux & Kara Hanson, 2009. "Household experiences of ill-health and risk protection mechanisms," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 21(2), pages 159-168.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:jintdv:v:21:y:2009:i:2:p:159-168
    DOI: 10.1002/jid.1551
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    1. Sauerborn, R. & Adams, A. & Hien, M., 1996. "Household strategies to cope with the economic costs of illness," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 43(3), pages 291-301, August.
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