Open AccessThe challenge for Cuba.
Author(s) -
Luz Cláudio
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.99107a246
Subject(s) - soviet union , public health , development economics , political science , economic growth , medicine , economics , politics , nursing , law
The restrictions of a U.S. trade embargo and the collapse of the Soviet Union marked the beginning of a period of extreme economic hardship in Cuba. Economic adversity has had tremendous effects, both positive and negative, on all aspects of life on the Island, including environmental and public health.
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