[The spatial inequality of low birth weight in Brazil]

Marina Clarissa Barros de Melo Lima1, Genyklea Silva de Oliveira, Clélia de Oliveira Lyra

  • 1Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Pública, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, 59.056-000, Brazil. marinaclarissa@hotmail.com

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