Difficulties encountered in a community-based study of acute respiratory infections in Uruguay

Difficulties encountered in a community-based study of acute respiratory infections in Uruguay

A cohort study on acute respiratory infections, involving 270 children observed by pediatricians in their homes every 10 days over a period of 32 months, gave the opportunity to experience logistic and methodological problems seldom described in the literature. The purpose of this article is to aler...

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Main Authors:	Hortal Maria, Meny Miguel
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universidade de São Paulo 1993-01-01
Series:	Revista de Saúde Pública
Subjects:	Respiratory tract infection/epidemiology Cohort studies Epidemiologic factors
Online Access:	http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89101993000200008

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