Methodological aspects of the 1993 Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohort study

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-46

  Victora, Cesar Gomes ^a   Araújo, Cora Luiza Pavin ^a   Menezes, Ana Maria Batista ^a   Hallal, Pedro Curi ^a   Vieira, Maria de Fatima ^a   Neutzling, Marilda Borges ^a   Gonçalves, Helen ^a   Valle, Neiva Cristina ^a   Lima, Rosangela Costa ^a   Anselmi, Luciana ^a   Behague, Dominique ^b   Gigante, Denise Petrucci ^a   Barros, Fernando Celso ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Centro Latinoamericano de Perinatologia y Desarrollo Humano   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Child development; Cohort studies; Epidemiologic methods; Follow up studies; Longitudinal studies; Prospective studies

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENTAL HEALTH; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ETHNOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION RESEARCH;

BRAZIL; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 33646113376     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0034-89102006000100008     Document Type: Article

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