Which factors could explain the low birth weight paradox?
OBJECTIVE: Low birth weight children are unusual among well-off families. However, in Brazil, low birth weight rate was higher in a more developed city than in a less developed one. The study objective was to find out the reasons to explain this paradox. METHODS: A study was carried out in two munic...
Main Authors: | Antônio Augusto Moura da Silva, Heloisa Bettiol, Marco Antonio Barbieri, Luiz Gustavo Oliveira Brito, Márcio Mendes Pereira, Vânia Maria Farias de Aragão, Valdinar Sousa Ribeiro |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Universidade de São Paulo
2006-08-01
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Series: | Revista de Saúde Pública |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89102006000500014&lng=en&tlng=en |
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