Factors associated with low birth weight in a historical series of deliveries in Campinas, Brazil Fatores associados a baixo peso ao nascer em uma série histórica de partos em Campinas, Brazil

OBJECTIVE: To identify the risk factors associated with low birth weight (<2500 grams). METHODS: Unmatched case-control study performed in a tertiary maternity hospital in Campinas, Brazil, involving 43,499 liveborn infants delivered in the institution between 1986 and 2004. Analysis of the datab...

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Main Authors: Pedro Ribeiro Coutinho, José Guilherme Cecatti, Fernanda Garanhani Surita, João Paulo de Souza, Sirlei Siani de Morais
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Médica Brasileira 2009-01-01
Series:Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-42302009000600013