Growth of indigenous population in Minas Gerais: analysis of the influence of demographic dynamics and racial-ethnic reclassification, using census data from 1991-2000

• Main Authors: João Luiz Pena (Author), George Luiz Lins Machado-Coelho (Author), Cláudio Santiago Dias Júnior (Author), Ana Paula de Andrade Verona (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de Fortaleza, 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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Objective: To analyze how demographic dynamics and racial-ethnic reclassification may have contributed to the growth of indigenous population residing in Minas Gerais in the period between 1991 and 2000. Methods: An epidemiological study using secondary data from Demographic Censuses from the period...