Infant mortality and low birth weight in cities of Northeastern and Southeastern Brazil

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 693-698

  Moura da Silva, Antônio Augusto ^a   Bettiol, Heloísa ^b   Barbieri, Marco Antônio ^b   Ribeiro, Valdinar Sousa ^a   de Farias Aragão, Vãnia Maria ^a   Brito, Luiz Gustavo Oliveira ^a   Pereira, Márcio Mendes ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MARANHÃO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cohort studies; Family income; Infant; Infant mortality; Infant small for gestational age; Information systems; Low birth weight; Premature; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CESAREAN SECTION; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILDBIRTH; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MOTHER; PERINATAL CARE; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SAMPLING; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STILLBIRTH; STUDENT T TEST;

EID: 0347899315     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-89102003000600002     Document Type: Article

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