Maternal age, social changes, and pregnancy outcome in Ribeirão Preto, southeast Brazil, in 1978-79 and 1994 Idade materna, mudanças sociais e prognóstico da gestação em Ribeirão Preto, Sudeste do Brasil, entre 1978-79 e 1994

This study focused on changes in demographic, social, and health-care patterns and pregnancy outcome related to maternal age from 1978-79 to 1994 in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo State, Brazil. Information on pregnancy outcome was obtained from two cohorts of singleton live births, 6,681 births in 1978/...

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Main Authors: Marcelo Zubaran Goldani, Heloisa Bettiol, Marco Antonio Barbieri, Andrew Tomkins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz 2000-12-01
Series:Cadernos de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2000000400022