Hospital admissions from birth to early adolescence and early-life risk factors: the 11-year follow-up of the 1993 Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohort study Hospitalizações do nascimento ao início da adolescência e fatores de risco precoces: a visita de 11 anos da coorte de nascimentos de Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil, 1993

The aim of this prospective analysis was to describe the cumulative incidence of hospital admissions in the first year of life and between 1 and 11 years of age and to explore associated factors. Hospital admissions were collected through regular monitoring in the first year of life, and through mat...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ana M. B. Menezes, Ricardo B. Noal, Juraci A. Cesar, Pedro C. Hallal, Cora Luiza Araújo, Samuel C. Dumith, Fernando C. Barros, Cesar G. Victora
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz 2010-10-01
Series:Cadernos de Saúde Pública
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2010001000015