The color of child mortality in Brazil, 1950-2000: Social progress and persistent racial inequality

Latin American Research Review

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 114-139

  Wood, Charles H ^a   De Carvalho, José Alberto Magno ^b   Horta, Cláudia Júlia Guimarães ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c Fundação João Pinheiro FJP   (Brazil)

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EID: 78650870345     PISSN: 00238791     EISSN: 15424278     Source Type: Journal    
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