The Growing Trend of Moderate Preterm Births: An Ecological Study in One Region of Brazil

• Rosana Rosseto de Oliveira ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Rosana Rosseto de Oliveira, Thais Aidar de Freitas Mathias

  * E-mail: rosanarosseto@gmail.com

  Current address: Department of Nursing, State University of Maringá, Paraná, Brazil

  Affiliation Department of Nursing, Graduate Nursing Program, State University of Maringá, Paraná, Brazil

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• Emiliana Cristina Melo ,

  Current address: Department of Nursing, Northern Paraná State University, Bandeirantes, Paraná, Brazil

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Nursing, Northern Paraná State University, Bandeirantes, Paraná, Brazil

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• Larissa Pereira Falavina ,

  Current address: Department of Nursing, State University of Maringá, Paraná, Brazil

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation School of Nursing, Nursing program, State University of Maringá, Paraná, Brazil

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• Thais Aidar de Freitas Mathias

  Contributed equally to this work with: Rosana Rosseto de Oliveira, Thais Aidar de Freitas Mathias

  Current address: Department of Nursing, State University of Maringá, Paraná, Brazil

  Affiliation Department of Nursing, Public Health, State University of Maringá, Paraná, Brazil

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