Prevalence of non-communicable diseases in Brazilian children: follow-up at school age of two Brazilian birth cohorts of the 1990's

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Few cohort studies have been conducted in low and middle-income countries to investigate non-communicable diseases among school-aged children. This article aims to describe the methodology of two birth cohorts, started in 1994 in Rib...

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Main Authors: Loureiro Sônia R, Pereira Thaís S, Rodriguez Juliana D, Silva Nathalia A, Figueiredo Maria L, Gutierrez Manoel R, Vianna Elcio O, Simões Vanda M, Batista Rosângela F, Cardoso Viviane C, Barbieri Marco A, Silva Antônio A, Ribeiro Valdinar S, Bettiol Heloisa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-06-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/11/486