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| Cardoso,V.C.; Simões,V.M.F.; Barbieri,M.A.; Silva,A.A.M.; Bettiol,H.; Alves,M.T.S.S.B.; Goldani,M.Z.. |
| 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 in these three studies, presenting their history, methodological design, objectives, developments, and difficulties faced along 28 years of research. The first Ribeirão Preto study, initially perinatal, later encompassed questions regarding the repercussions of intrauterine development on future growth and chronic adult diseases. The subjects were evaluated at birth (N = 6827), at school age (N = 2861), at the time of recruitment for military service (N = 2048),... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Cohort study; Epidemiological methods; Public health; Perinatal health; Sociodemographic conditions. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2007000900003 |
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