Social inequality and pneumonia hospitalization in children under five years of age in Maranhão, Brazil

• Main Authors: Maria Augusta Ribeiro Gaspar (Author), Pedro Henrique Silva Barros (Author), Andréa Suzana Vieira Costa (Author), Fabiana Alves Soares (Author), Bruno Luciano Carneiro Alves de Oliveira (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Instituto Materno Infantil de Pernambuco, 2020-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Objectives: to describe the characteristics of pneumonia hospitalizations in children under five years of age across the State of Maranhão, Brazil, and explore patterns of spatial distribution of admissions. Methods: ecological study using data on occurrences (age, gender, skin color/race,...