Extremes of maternal age and child mortality: analysis between 2000 and 2009

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the characteristics of infant mortality at the extremes of maternal age.METHOD: Retrospective, cross-sectional quantitative study using data from Live Birth Certificates, Death Certificates and from Child Death Investigation records in Londrina, Paraná, in the years of 2000-200...

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Main Authors: Fanciele Dinis Ribeiro, Rosângela Aparecida Pimenta Ferrari, Flávia Lopes Sant'Anna, José Carlos Dalmas, Edmarlon Girotto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade de Pediatria de São Paulo 2014-12-01
Series:Revista Paulista de Pediatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-05822014000400381&lng=en&tlng=en