Intra-urban differentials in death rates from homicide in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-23

  Barata, Rita Barradas ^a   Sampaio De Almeida Ribeiro, Manoel Carlos ^a   Lauretti Da Silva Guedes, Marilda Braga ^a   Cássio De Moraes, José ^a  

^a Deparment of Social Medicine   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Health inequality; Homicide; Intra urban differentials; Urban violence

Indexed keywords

INTRAURBAN DIFFERENCE; MORTALITY RATE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; URBAN CRIME;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN POPULATION;

BRAZIL; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

BRAZIL, SAO PAULO STATE, SAO PAULO;

EID: 0344765461     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(97)10130-7     Document Type: Article

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