Does life-course socioeconomic position influence racial inequalities in the occurrence of uterine leiomyoma? Evidence from the Pro-Saude Study

• Главные авторы: Karine de Limas Irio Boclin (Автор), Eduardo Faerstein (Автор), Moyses Szklo (Автор)
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• Опубликовано: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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We aimed to investigate whether life-course socioeconomic position mediates the association between skin color/race and occurrence of uterine leiomyomas. We analyzed 1,475 female civil servants with baseline data (1999-2001) of the Pró-Saúde Study in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. Life-course socio...