Subsequent pregnancies: who has them and who wants them? Observations from an urban center in Southern Brazil Gravidezes subseqüentes: quem as tem e quem as quer? Observações em um centro urbano da região Sul do Brasil

• Main Authors: Sharon R. A. Huttly (Author), Fernando C. Barros (Author), Cesar G. Victora (Author), Cintia Lombardi (Author), J. Patrick Vaughan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 1990-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Subsequent pregnancies in mothers of a birth cohort from Pelotas, Southern Brazil, were studied in relation to maternal and socio-economic factors. Within about 3 1/2 years of the cohort child's birth, 39% of mothers had experienced at least one further pregnancy. This proportion decreased with...