Risk factors associated with very low birth weight in a low-income population;Fatores de risco associados ao nascimento de recém-nascidos de muito baixo peso em uma população de baixa renda

Cadernos de Saude Publica

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2869-2877

  De Araújo, Breno Fauth ^a   Tanaka, Ana Cristina D'Andretta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAXIAS DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Low birth weight infant; Poverty; Premature infant

Indexed keywords

EID: 37848999721     PISSN: 0102311X     EISSN: 16784464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-311x2007001200008     Document Type: Article

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