Risk factors for the increasing trend in low birth weight among live births born by vaginal delivery, Brazil

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 596-602

  Barbieri, Marco A ^a   Silva, Antônio A M ^b   Bettiol, Heloisa ^a   Gomes, Uilho A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MARANHÃO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cesarean section; Diagnosis of health situation in specific groups; Infant premature; Infant, low birth weight; Labor; Marital status; Preterm birth; Risk factors; Socioeconomic factors; Vaginal delivery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; NATURAL CHILDBIRTH; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; BRAZIL; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NATURAL CHILDBIRTH; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0034568432     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0034-89102000000600006     Document Type: Article

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