Birth weight of indigenous children in Brazil: results of the First National Survey of Indigenous People's Health and Nutrition

• Main Authors: Aline Alves Ferreira (Author), Mirian Carvalho de Souza (Author), Andrey Moreira Cardoso (Author), Bernardo Lessa Horta (Author), Ricardo Ventura Santos (Author), James R. Welch (Author), Carlos E. A. Coimbra Jr (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Birth weight is an important predictor of perinatal, infant, and preschool-age children morbimortality. However, information about indigenous children's birth weight is still scarce. This study aimed to analyze the birth weight of indigenous children based on data from the First National Survey...