Secular trends in birth weight in S. Paulo city, Brazil (1976-1998);Tendência secular do peso ao nascer na cidade de São Paulo (1976-1998)

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 34, Issue 6 SUPPL., 2000, Pages 26-40

  Monteiro, Carlos Augusto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Birth weight, trends ; Educational status; Family income; Health surveys ; Infant, premature; Smoking; Socioeconomic factors ; Time series

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CHILD WELFARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL AGE; PREVALENCE; RISK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0034570291     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-89102000000700006     Document Type: Article

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