Infant mortality and low birth weight in cities of Northeastern and Southeastern Brazil

Infant mortality and low birth weight in cities of Northeastern and Southeastern Brazil

OBJECTIVE: To compare estimates of low birth weight (LBW), preterm birth, small for gestational age (SGA), and infant mortality in two birth cohorts in Brazil. METHODS: The two cohorts were performed during the 1990s, in São Luís, located in a less developed area in Northeastern Brazil, and Ribeirão...

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Main Authors: Silva Antônio Augusto Moura da, Bettiol Heloísa, Barbieri Marco Antônio, Ribeiro Valdinar Sousa, Aragão Vânia Maria de Farias, Brito Luiz Gustavo Oliveira, Pereira Márcio Mendes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2003-01-01
Series:Revista de Saúde Pública
Subjects:
Infant, low birth weight
Infant, premature
Infant small for gestational age
Infant mortality
Cohort studies
Information systems
Socioeconomic factors
Family income
Brazil
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89102003000600002

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