Low birth weight in São Luís, northeastern Brazil: Trends and associated factors

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Veloso, Helma Jane F ^a   da Silva, Antônio Augusto M ^a   Bettiol, Heloísa ^b   Goldani, Marcelo Z ^c   Filho, Fernando L ^a   Simões, Vanda Maria F ^a   Batista, Rosângela Fernandes L ^a   Barbieri, Marco A ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MARANHÃO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Intrauterine growth restriction; Low birth weight; Preterm birth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT MOTHER; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCOME; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL SMOKING; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; PRIMIPARA; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STILLBIRTH; TERM BIRTH; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; MALE; PARITY; PREMATURE BIRTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAZIL; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PREMATURE BIRTH; PRENATAL CARE; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; STILLBIRTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900338866     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-14-155     Document Type: Article

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