Multiple birth rates according to different socioeconomic levels: An analysis of four hospitals from the City of Sao Paulo, Brazil

Twin Research

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 177-182

  Colletto, Gloria M D D ^a   Segre, Conceição A M ^a   Rielli, Silvia T R C ^a   Rosário, Horácio ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH RATE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; FETUS MORTALITY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ADULT; BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH RATE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRIPLETS; TWINS;

EID: 0037667603     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/136905203765693825     Document Type: Article

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