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How can poverty lead to ill health?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Possibly: due to malnutrition, lack of health education, inaccessibility of vaccines , medicines or health care, overcrowding, lack of sanitation (ie. for urine/feces), etc.

Dr Cattano and another doctor agreed

Answered 5/18/2015

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