Epidemiology of preterm deliveries in Southeast Brazil: a hospital-based study Epidemiologia de nascimentos pretermo no Sudeste do Brasil: um estudo de base hospitalar

OBJECTIVES: to evaluate the role of some factors in the genesis of preterm deliveries in Southeast Brazil. METHODS: a cohort hospital-based study of 589 mothers who delivered in Taubaté, a middle-size city in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, between May 1, and October 31, 1999. The statistical approa...

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Main Author: Luiz Fernando Costa Nascimento
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Materno Infantil de Pernambuco 2001-12-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Saúde Materno Infantil
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-38292001000300007