Race and perceived racism, education, and hypertension among Brazilian civil servants: the Pró-Saúde Study

• Main Authors: Eduardo Faerstein (Author), Dóra Chor (Author), Guilherme Loureiro Werneck (Author), Claudia de Souza Lopes (Author), George Kaplan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Associação Brasileira de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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INTRODUCTION: Brazil has the largest population of African descendants outside Africa. OBJECTIVE: Mindful of the imprint of slavery on their contemporary social position, we investigated the relationship of perceived racism to hypertension. METHODS: We analyzed data (1999 - 2001) from 3,056 civil se...