Infant mortality rates according to socioeconomic status in a Brazilian city

OBJECTIVE: Data from municipal databases can be used to plan interventions aimed at reducing inequities in health care. The objective of the study was to determine the distribution of infant mortality according to an urban geoeconomic classification using routinely collected municipal data. METHODS:...

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Main Authors: Marcelo Zubaran Goldani, Marco Antonio Barbieri, Heloisa Bettiol, Marisa Ramos Barbieri, Andrew Tomkins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2001-06-01
Series:Revista de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89102001000300007&lng=en&tlng=en