The epidemiologic paradox of low birth weight in Brazil;O paradoxo epidemiológico do baixo peso ao nascer no Brasil

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 767-775

  da Silva, Antônio Augusto Moura ^a   da Silva, Leopoldo Muniz ^a   Barbieri, Marco Antonio ^b   Bettiol, Heloísa ^b   de Carvalho, Luciana Mendes ^a   Ribeiro, Valdinar Sousa ^a   Goldani, Marcelo Zubaran ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MARANHÃO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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

Author keywords

Brazil; Cesarean section; Infant; Infant mortality; Low birth weight; Perinatal care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CESAREAN SECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS;

BRAZIL; CESAREAN SECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 78049232363     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0034-89102010005000033     Document Type: Article

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