Inequality and leprosy in Northeast Brazil: An ecological study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 262-269

  Kerr Pontes, Ligia Regina Sansigolo ^a   Montenegro, Ana Cláudia Dorta ^a   Barreto, Maurício Lima ^b   Werneck, Guilherme Loureiro ^c   Feldmeier, Hermann ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brazil; Ecological study; Ineguality; Leprosy

Indexed keywords

DISEASE INCIDENCE; LEPROSY; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEPROSY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METEOROLOGY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEPROSY; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; SANITATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

BRAZIL; CEARA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 2342629321     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyh002     Document Type: Article

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