Profile of three Brazilian birth cohort studies in Ribeirão Preto, SP and São Luís, MA

Profile of three Brazilian birth cohort studies in Ribeirão Preto, SP and São Luís, MA

We describe three birth cohort studies, respectively carried out in 1978/79 and 1994 in Ribeirão Preto, a city located in the most developed region of Brazil, and in 1997/98 in São Luís, a city located in a less developed region. The objective of the present report was to describe the methods used i...

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Main Authors: V.C. Cardoso, V.M.F. Simões, M.A. Barbieri, A.A.M. Silva, H. Bettiol, M.T.S.S.B. Alves, M.Z. Goldani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2007-09-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
Subjects:
Cohort study
Epidemiological methods
Public health
Perinatal health
Sociodemographic conditions
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