Sampling design for the Study of Cardiovascular Risks in Adolescents (ERICA)

• Main Authors: Mauricio Teixeira Leite de Vasconcellos (Author), Pedro Luis do Nascimento Silva (Author), Moyses Szklo (Author), Maria Cristina Caetano Kuschnir (Author), Carlos Henrique Klein (Author), Gabriela de Azevedo Abreu (Author), Laura Augusta Barufaldi (Author), Katia Vergetti Bloch (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2015-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The Study of Cardiovascular Risk in Adolescents (ERICA) aims to estimate the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors and metabolic syndrome in adolescents (12-17 years) enrolled in public and private schools of the 273 municipalities with over 100,000 inhabitants in Brazil. The study population wa...