Infant mortality and low birth weight in cities of Northeastern and Southeastern Brazil Mortalidade infantil e baixo peso ao nascer em cidades do Nordeste e Sudeste, Brasil

• Main Authors: Antônio Augusto Moura da Silva (Author), Heloísa Bettiol (Author), Marco Antônio Barbieri (Author), Valdinar Sousa Ribeiro (Author), Vânia Maria de Farias Aragão (Author), Luiz Gustavo Oliveira Brito (Author), Márcio Mendes Pereira (Author)
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• Publicado em: Universidade de São Paulo, 2003-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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OBJECTIVE: To compare estimates of low birth weight (LBW), preterm birth, small for gestational age (SGA), and infant mortality in two birth cohorts in Brazil. METHODS: The two cohorts were performed during the 1990s, in São Luís, located in a less developed area in Northeastern Brazil, and Ribeir...