Child-care attendance and common morbidity: evidence of association in the literature and questions of design Freqüência a creches e morbidade comum na infância: evidência de associação na literatura e problemas de delineamento

Papers on child-care attendance as a risk factor for acute respiratory infections and diarrhea were reviewed. There was great variety among the studies with regard to the design, definition of exposure and definition of outcomes. All the traditional epidemiological study designs have been used. The...

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Main Author: Aluísio J. D. Barros
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 1999-02-01
Series:Revista de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89101999000100013