Cohort study for monitoring cardiovascular risk factors in children using a primary health care service: methods and initial results

• Main Authors: Sueli Rosa Gama (Author), Marilia Sá Carvalho (Author), Leticia de Oliveira Cardoso (Author), Celia Regina Moutinho de Miranda Chaves (Author), Elyne Montenegro Engstrom (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2011-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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An awareness of the presence of cardiovascular disease risk factors since childhood is essential to guide health promotion policies. The aim of this paper is to present, together with the main results, a methodological proposal to estimate both incidence and prevalence of these factors over time and...