Poverty levels and children's health status: study of risk factors in an urban population of low socioeconomic level

• Main Authors: Roberto M.S. Issler (Author), Elsa R.J. Giugliani (Author), Guilherme T. Kreutz (Author), Clarice F. Meneses (Author), Elisa B. Justo (Author), Valerie M. Kreutz (Author), Milton Pires (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 1996-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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To test the hypothesis that the low socioeconomic population living is shanty towns in Porto Alegre presents different levels of poverty which are reflected on its health status, a cross-sectional study was designed involving 477 families living in Vila Grande Cruzeiro, Porto Alegre, Brazil. The pov...