Racial inequalities in access to women's health care in southern Brazil Desigualdades raciais no acesso à saúde da mulher no Sul do Brasil

• Main Authors: Fernanda Souza de Bairros (Author), Stela Nazareth Meneghel (Author), Juvenal Soares Dias- (Author), Diego Garcia Bassani (Author), Ana Maria Baptista Menezes (Author), Denise Petrucci Gigante (Author), Maria Teresa Anselmo Olinto (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2011-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The aim of this population-based cross-sectional study was to investigate access by 20 to 60 year-old women - both black and white - to early detection (pap-smear) exams for breast and cervical cancer in two towns - São Leopoldo and Pelotas - in Rio Grande do Sul State, southern Brazil. Estimates o...