Racial inequalities and perinatal health in the southeast region of Brazil

Few studies are available about racial inequalities in perinatal health in Brazil and little is known about whether the existing inequality is due to socioeconomic factors or to racial discrimination per se. Data regarding the Ribeirão Preto birth cohort, Brazil, whose mothers were interviewed from...

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Main Authors: L.M. Silva, R.A. Silva, A.A.M. Silva, H. Bettiol, M.A. Barbieri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2007-09-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2007000900005