Socioeconomic inequality in preterm birth in four Brazilian birth cohort studies

Objective: To analyze economic inequality (absolute and relative) due to family income in relation to the occurrence of preterm births in Southern Brazil. Methods: Four birth cohort studies were conducted in the years 1982, 1993, 2004, and 2011. The main exposure was monthly family income and the pr...

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Main Authors: Ana Daniela Izoton de Sadovsky, Alicia Matijasevich, Iná S. Santos, Fernando C. Barros, Angelica Espinosa Miranda, Mariangela Freitas Silveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-01-01
Series:Jornal de Pediatria
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021755716302832