Health inequalities based on ethnicity in individuals aged 15 to 64, Brazil, 1998

Cadernos de Saude Publica

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 305-313

  Barata, Rita Barradas ^a   De Almeida, Márcia Furquim ^b   Montero, Cláudia Valencia ^c   Da Silva, Zilda Pereira ^d  

^a FACULDADE DE CIÊNCIAS MÉDICAS DA SANTA CASA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Centro de Vigilancia Epidemiologica   (Brazil)

^d Fundacao Sistema Estadual de Analise de Dados   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ethnic groups; Gender; Health inequalites; Race

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; BRAZIL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33846463078     PISSN: 0102311X     EISSN: 16784464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-311X2007000200006     Document Type: Article

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