The rise of multiple births in Brazil

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 97, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1019-1023

  Silva, Clecio Homrich Da ^a   Goldani, Marcelo Zubaran ^a   De Silva, Antônio Augusto Moura ^b   Agranonik, Marilyn ^a   Bettiol, Heloísa ^c   Barbieri, Marco Antônio ^c   Rona, Roberto ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MARANHÃO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Low birth weight; Multiple births; Triplets or higher order births; Twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; RISK FACTOR; TWIN PREGNANCY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; REGISTER; STATISTICS;

BRAZIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MULTIPLE BIRTH OFFSPRING; PREGNANCY; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 63849292266     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2008.00791.x     Document Type: Article

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