Recent trends in maternal, newborn, and child health in brazil: Progress toward millennium development goals 4 and 5

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1877-1889

  Barros, Fernando C ^h   Matijasevích, Alicia ^a   Requejo, Jennifer Harris ^b   Giugliani, Eisa ^c   Maranhão, Ana Goretti ^d   Monteiro, Carlos A ^e   Barros, Aluísio J D ^a   Bustreo, Flavia ^f   Merialdi, Mario ^g   Victora, Cesar G ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MINISTÉRIO DA SAÚDE   (Brazil)

^d Ensino e Pesquisa do Governo do Distrito Federal   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^f Maternity   (Switzerland)

^g WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^h NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

BRAZIL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH CENTERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 77956608279     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2010.196816     Document Type: Article

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