Factors associated with infant and adolescent mortality

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1245-1255

  Oliveira, Z A R ^a   Bettiol, Heloisa ^a   Gutierrez, M R P ^a   da Silva, Antônio Augusto Moura ^b   Barbieri, Marco Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MARANHÃO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

20 year Brazilian cohort study; Adolescence; Causes of death; External causes; Infant mortality; Social inequality; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BOY; BRAZIL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INTERVIEW; LIVE BIRTH; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHER; OCCUPATION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREMATURITY; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 34948895957     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2006005000135     Document Type: Article

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