Associated factors and consequences of late preterm births: Results from the 2004 Pelotas birth cohort

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 350-359

  Santos, Iná S ^a,b   Matijasevich, Alicia ^b   Silveira, Mariângela F ^b   Sclowitz, Iândora K T ^b   Barros, Aluísio J D ^b   Victora, Cesar G ^b   Barros, Fernando C ^c  

^a Universidade Federal de Pelotas ^*  (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

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

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Infant morbidity; Infant mortality; Late preterm births; Neonatal mortality; Preterm births

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH; BREAST FEEDING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INTERVIEW; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MORBIDITY; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; RISK FACTOR; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 45249104362     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2008.00934.x     Document Type: Article

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