Is adolescent pregnancy a risk factor for low birth weight? Embarazo en la adolescencia es factor de riesgo para el bajo peso al nacer? Gravidez na adolescência é fator de risco para o baixo peso ao nascer?

• Main Authors: Alzira Maria D'avila Nery Guimarães (Author), Heloísa Bettiol (Author), Luiz De Souza (Author), Ricardo Q Gurgel (Author), Maria Luiza Dória Almeida (Author), Eleonora Ramos De Oliveira Ribeiro (Author), Marcelo Z GoldaniV (Author), Marco Antônio Barbieri (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2013-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to evaluate whether adolescent pregnancy is a risk factor for low birth weight (LBW) babies. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study of mothers and their newborns from a birth cohort in Aracaju, Northeastern Brazil. Data were collected consecutively from...