Maternal socioeconomic factors and adverse perinatal outcomes in two birth cohorts, 1997/98 and 2010, in São Luís, Brazil

• Main Authors: Nádia Carenina Nunes Cavalcante (Author), Vanda Maria Ferreira Simões (Author), Marizélia Rodrigues Costa Ribeiro (Author), Fernando Lamy-Filho (Author), Marco Antonio Barbieri (Author), Heloisa Bettiol (Author), Antônio Augusto Moura da Silva (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Associação Brasileira de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva.
• Subjects: article
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ABSTRACT: Several studies have identified social inequalities in low birth weight (LBW), preterm birth (PTB), and intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR), which, in recent years, have diminished or disappeared in certain locations. Objectives: Estimate the LBW, PTB, and IUGR rates in São Luís, Mara...