Secular trend of very low birth weight rate in Porto Alegre, Southern Brazil

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 243-253

  Da Silva, Clécio Homrich ^a   Agranonik, Marilyn ^b   Da Silva, Antônio Augusto Moura ^c   Bettiol, Heloisa ^d   Barbieri, Marco Antonio ^d   Goldani, Marcelo Zubaran ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

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

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MARANHÃO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; NEONATOLOGY; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; STATISTICS; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ADULT; BRAZIL; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL AGE; NEONATOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951239446     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002193200999037X     Document Type: Article

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