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In utero exposure to economic fluctuations and birth outcomes: An analysis of the relevance of the local unemployment rate in Brazilian state capitals

OBJECTIVE: Analyze if in utero exposure to economic downturns is associated with worsened birth outcomes. METHODS: We used birth records from all live singleton births in the 27 Brazilian state capitals between October 2012 and December 2016 (n = 2,952,430) and linked them to local unemployment rate...

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Autores principales: Mrejen, Matias, Machado, Danielle Carusi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6786569/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31600322
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223673