Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health in Latin America and the Caribbean

Antonio Giuffrida; Raquel Bernal; Mauricio Cárdenas; Ashu Handa; Antonio J. Trujillo; John A. Vernon; Laura Rodríguez Wong; Gustavo Angeles; David Mayer-Foulkes; Carlos Larrea

doi:10.18235/0008662

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health in Latin America and the Caribbean

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Giuffrida, Antonio ;

Bernal, Raquel ;

Cárdenas, Mauricio ;

Handa, Ashu ;

Trujillo, Antonio J. ;

Vernon, John A. ;

Rodríguez Wong, Laura ;

Angeles, Gustavo ;

Mayer-Foulkes, David ;

Larrea, Carlos

Date issued

Sep 2007

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http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0008662

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Health Care Service

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Technical Notes

There is increasing awareness that race and ethnicity play an important role in the poverty and social marginalization of Latin American and Caribbean populations.