Hospitalizations during infancy in three population-based studies in Southern Brazil: trends and differentials Internações hospitalares durante a infância em três estudos de base populacional no Sul do Brasil: tendências e diferenciais

• Main Authors: Alicia Matijasevich (Author), Juraci A. Cesar (Author), Iná S. Santos (Author), Aluísio J. D. Barros (Author), Maria Alice S. O. Dode (Author), Fernando C. Barros (Author), Cesar G. Victora (Author)
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• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Three cohort studies of children born in the urban area of Pelotas, Southern Brazil, were carried out in 1982, 1993, and 2004. The aim of these studies was to measure the occurrence of hospitalization in the first year of life and to examine the association between hospitalization and the cause of a...