The use of maternal and child health services in three population-based cohorts in Southern Brazil, 1982-2004 A utilização de serviços de saúde materno-infantil em três coortes de base populacional no Sul do Brasil, 1982-2004

• Main Authors: Juraci A. Cesar (Author), Alicia Matijasevich (Author), Iná S. Santos (Author), Aluísio J. D. Barros (Author), Juvenal S. Dias- (Author), Fernando C. Barros (Author), Cesar G. Victora (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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This study aimed to describe indicators of health care assistance during antenatal care, delivery and in the first year of life in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. In 1982, 1993, and 2004, all hospital newborns from the urban area of Pelotas were enrolled in a cohort study. In this period,...