Spatial distribution of mortality by homicide and social inequalities according to race/skin color in an intra-urban Brazilian space Distribuição espacial da mortalidade por homicídio e desigualdades sociais segundo a raça/cor em um espaço intra-urbano no Brasil

• Main Authors: Edna Maria de Araújo (Author), Maria da Conceição Nascimento Costa (Author), Nelson Fernandes de Oliveira (Author), Francisco dos Santos Santana (Author), Maurício Lima Barreto (Author), Vijaya Hogan (Author), Tânia Maria de Araújo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Associação Brasileira de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva, 2010-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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INTRODUCTION: In Brazil, deaths by external causes rank first in the mortality statistics. Nevertheless, studies which investigate the relationship between mortality by external causes and race/skin color are scarce. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the relative contribution of race/skin color to the spatial...