Who experiences discrimination in Brazil? Evidence from a large metropolitan region

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  MacInko, James ^a   Mullachery, Pricila ^a   Proietti, Fernando A ^b   Lima Costa, Maria Fernanda ^b,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Discrimination

Indexed keywords

HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; METROPOLITAN AREA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSISTENCE; POVERTY; RACE; RACIAL DISPARITY; RACIAL SEGREGATION; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; POOR GENERAL CONDITION; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SEX; SKIN COLOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL STATUS; TRUST; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BRAZIL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

BRAZIL;

EID: 84871114934     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-11-80     Document Type: Article

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