Race and perceived racism, education, and hypertension among Brazilian civil servants: the Pró-Saúde Study

INTRODUCTION: Brazil has the largest population of African descendants outside Africa. OBJECTIVE: Mindful of the imprint of slavery on their contemporary social position, we investigated the relationship of perceived racism to hypertension. METHODS: We analyzed data (1999 - 2001) from 3,056...

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Main Authors: Eduardo Faerstein, Dóra Chor, Guilherme Loureiro Werneck, Claudia de Souza Lopes, George Kaplan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva 2014-01-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-790X2014000600081&lng=en&tlng=en