Housing conditions as a social determinant of low birthweight and preterm low birthweight Condiciones de vivienda como determinante social de bajo peso al nacer y de prematuro de bajo peso al nacer Condições de moradia como determinante social de baixo peso ao nascer e prematuro de baixo peso

• Main Authors: Mario Vianna Vettore (Author), Silvana Granado Nogueira da Gama (Author), Gabriela de Almeida Lamarca (Author), Arthur Orlando Corrêa Schilithz (Author), Maria do Carmo Leal (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2010-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To assess the relationship between housing conditions and low birthweight and preterm low birthweight among low-income women. METHODS: A case-control study was conducted with post-partum women living in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Southeast Brazil, in 2003-2005. Two groups of cases, low b...