The Pelotas birth cohort study, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 1982-2001 Estudo de coorte de nascimentos em Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil, 1982-2001

• Main Authors: Cesar G. Victora (Author), Fernando C. Barros (Author), Rosângela C. Lima (Author), Dominique P. Behague (Author), Helen Gonçalves (Author), Bernardo L. Horta (Author), Denise P. Gigante (Author), J. Patrick Vaughan (Author)
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• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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Given the growing recognition of the importance of the life course approach for the determination of chronic diseases, birth cohort studies are becoming increasingly important. This paper describes the methods used in the 1982 Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohort study, one of the largest and longest studi...