de Oliveira BLCA, da Silva AM, da Silva RA, Thomaz EBAF, Racial inequalities in the socioeconomic, demographic and health conditions of elderly from Maranhao State, Legal Amazon, Brazil: a population-based study, 2014, Acta Amazonica, Vol: 44, No: 3, p335-344.

This cross sectional study from Brazil reports unfair racial inequalities in the socioeconomic and demographic conditions and the health habits of elderly and highlights the complexity and challenges on interlinking race with socioeconomic aspects and reinforce the need for the implementation of public policies for these population groups, which may make fairer the current aging process in the country