Risk factors for infant mortality in a municipality in southern Brazil: a comparison of two cohorts using hierarchical analysis Fatores de risco para mortalidade infantil em município do Sul do Brasil: comparação de duas coortes em análise hierarquizada

This study compared risk factors for infant mortality in 2000-2001 and 2007-2008 in Londrina, Paraná State, Brazil. Data on live births and infant deaths were linked in a single database, and a hierarchical regression model was used. Distal risk factors for infant mortality in 2000-2001 were materna...

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Main Authors: Hellen Geremias dos Santos, Selma Maffei de Andrade, Ana Maria Rigo Silva, Wladithe Organ de Carvalho, Arthur Eumann Mesas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz 2012-10-01
Series:Cadernos de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2012001000010