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. 2013 Apr;90(2):343-57.
doi: 10.1007/s11524-012-9719-1.

The urban health transition hypothesis: empirical evidence of an avian influenza Kuznets curve in Vietnam?

James Herbert Spencer  1
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The urban health transition hypothesis: empirical evidence of an avian influenza Kuznets curve in Vietnam?

James Herbert Spencer. J Urban Health. 2013 Apr.

Abstract

The literature on development has focused on the concept of transition in understanding the emergent challenges facing poor but rapidly developing countries. Scholars have focused extensively on the health and urban transitions associated with this change and, in particular, its use for understanding emerging infectious diseases. However, few have developed explicit empirical measures to quantify the extent to which a transitions focus is useful for theory, policy, and practice. Using open source data on avian influenza in 2004 and 2005 and the Vietnam Census of Population and Housing, this paper introduces the Kuznets curve as a tool for empirically estimating transition and disease. Findings suggest that the Kuznets curve is a viable tool for empirically assessing the role of transitional dynamics in the emergence of new infectious diseases.

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HPAI incidence in Vietnam by district in 2004 and 2005.
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Coherence indices and avian influenza: building materials, water supplies, sanitation, and composite (complete dataset).
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Coherence indices and avian influenza: building materials, water supplies, sanitation, and composite (90–90 split curves).
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Mekong Delta coherence indices and avian influenza: building materials, water supplies, sanitation, and composite (complete dataset).
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Red River Delta coherence indices and avian influenza: building materials, water supplies, sanitation, and composite (complete dataset).
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Greater south coherence indices and avian influenza: building materials, water supplies, sanitation, and composite (complete dataset).
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