RPS Brazilian Birth Cohorts Consortium (Ribeirão Preto, Pelotas and São Luís): history, objectives and methods

• Main Authors: Susana Cararo Confortin (Author), Marizélia Rodrigues Costa Ribeiro (Author), Aluísio J. D. Barros (Author), Ana Maria Baptista Menezes (Author), Bernardo L. Horta (Author), Cesar Gomes Victora (Author), Fernando C. Barros (Author), Helen Gonçalves (Author), Heloisa Bettiol (Author), Iná Silva dos Santos (Author), Marco Antonio Barbieri (Author), Maria da Conceição Pereira Saraiva (Author), Maria Teresa Seabra Soares de Britto e Alves (Author), Mariângela Freitas da Silveira (Author), Marlos Rodrigues Domingues (Author), Natália Peixoto Lima (Author), Paulo Ricardo Higassiaraguti Rocha (Author), Ricardo Carvalho Cavalli (Author), Rosângela Fernandes Lucena Batista (Author), Viviane Cunha Cardoso (Author), Vanda Maria Ferreira Simões (Author), Antônio Augusto Moura da Silva (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract: This paper describes the history, objectives and methods used by the nine Brazilian cohorts of the RPS Brazilian Birth Cohorts Consortium (Ribeirão Preto, Pelotas and São Luís) Common thematic axes are identified and the objectives, baseline periods, follow-up stages and representativit...