Low birth weight in Brazil according to live birth data from the Ministry of Health, 2005;Baixo peso ao nascer no Brasil de acordo com as informações sobre nascidos vivos do Ministério da Saúde, 2005

Cadernos de Saude Publica

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2564-2572

  De Andrade, Carla Lourenço Tavares ^a   Szwarcwald, Celia Landmann ^b   De Castilho, Euclides Ayres ^c  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Oswaldo Cruz Foundation   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Information systems; Live birth; Low birth weight infant

Indexed keywords

EID: 56349164227     PISSN: 0102311X     EISSN: 16784464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-311x2008001100011     Document Type: Article

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