Social determinants and their interference in homicide rates in a city in northeastern Brazil

• Main Authors: Geziel dos Santos de Sousa (Author), Francismeire Brasileiro Magalhães (Author), Isabelle da Silva Gama (Author), Maria Vilma Neves de Lima (Author), Rosa Lívia Freitas de Almeida (Author), Luiza Jane Eyre de Souza Vieira (Author), José Gomes Bezerra Filho (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Associação Brasileira de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: This paper aims to analyze the possible relationship between social determinants and homicide mortality in Fortaleza (CE), Brazil. METHOD: To investigate whether the rate of mortality by homicides is related to social determinants, an ecological study with emphasis on spatial analysis was...