# Fernando C. Barros

**Type:** Researchers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/researchers/fernando-c-barros/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Citations | 40,705 |
| Field | Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare |
| h-index | 93 |
| i10-index | 438 |
| Last Known Institution | Universidade Católica de Pelotas |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/A5000727171 |
| ORCID iD | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5973-1746 |
| Works | 706 |

## Researcher papers

- [Mortality risk in preterm and small-for-gestational-age infants in low-income and middle-income countries: a pooled country analysis](https://scholariq.org/papers/mortality-risk-in-preterm-and-small-for-gestational-age-infants-in-low-income/)
- [Explaining trends in inequities: evidence from Brazilian child health studies](https://scholariq.org/papers/explaining-trends-in-inequities-evidence-from-brazilian-child-health-studies/)
- [Rates and implications of caesarean sections in Latin America: ecological study   Commentary: all women should have a choice   Commentary: increase in caesarean sections may reflect medical control not women's choice   Commentary: "health has become secondary to a sexually attractive body"](https://scholariq.org/papers/rates-and-implications-of-caesarean-sections-in-latin-america-ecological-study/)
- [Estimates of burden and consequences of infants born small for gestational age in low and middle income countries with INTERGROWTH-21<sup>st</sup>standard: analysis of CHERG datasets](https://scholariq.org/papers/estimates-of-burden-and-consequences-of-infants-born-small-for-gestational-age/)
- [Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Trajectories From Childhood to Young Adulthood](https://scholariq.org/papers/attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder-trajectories-from-childhood-to-young/)
- [The challenge of reducing neonatal mortality in middle-income countries: findings from three Brazilian birth cohorts in 1982, 1993, and 2004](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-challenge-of-reducing-neonatal-mortality-in-middle-income-countries-findings/)

## Researcher topics

- [Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare](https://scholariq.org/topics/maternal-and-neonatal-healthcare/)
- [Birth, Development, and Health](https://scholariq.org/topics/birth-development-and-health/)
- [Child Nutrition and Water Access](https://scholariq.org/topics/child-nutrition-and-water-access/)
- [Global Maternal and Child Health](https://scholariq.org/topics/global-maternal-and-child-health/)
- [Breastfeeding Practices and Influences](https://scholariq.org/topics/breastfeeding-practices-and-influences/)

## Researcher university

- [Universidade Católica de Pelotas](https://scholariq.org/institutions/universidade-catolica-de-pelotas/)

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Source: ScholarIQ — public research metadata, principally OpenAlex. See https://scholariq.org/sources/ for provenance and https://scholariq.org/methodology/ for what these figures mean.