Ethnicity and infant health in Southern Brazil. A birth cohort study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1001-1008

  Barros, Fernando C ^a,d   Victora, Cesar G ^b   Horta, Bernardo L ^c  

^a Latin American Center of Perinatology and Human Development PAHO/WHO   (Uruguay)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^d HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Antenatal care; Breast feeding; Caesarean sections; Episiotomy; Ethnicity; Immunization; Inequalities; Infant health; Infant mortality; Neonatal mortality; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; ETHNICITY; HEALTH STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AFRICA; AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BRAZIL; CAUCASIAN; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPISIOTOMY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; EVALUATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEIGHT; HOME; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEGRO; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; WEIGHT;

BRAZIL; PELOTAS; RIO GRANDE DO SUL STATE;

EID: 0035171793     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/30.5.1001     Document Type: Article

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