The relationship between the different low birth weight strata of newborns with infant mortality and the influence of the main health determinants in the extreme south of Brazil

Abstract Background Low birth weight (LBW) newborns present different health outcomes when classified in different birth weight strata. This study evaluated the relationship of birth weight with Infant mortality (IM) through the influence of biological, social, and health care factors in a time seri...

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Main Authors: Cássia Simeão Vilanova, Vânia Naomi Hirakata, Viviane Costa de Souza Buriol, Marina Nunes, Marcelo Zubaran Goldani, Clécio Homrich da Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-11-01
Series:Population Health Metrics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12963-019-0195-7