Published in Rev Saude Publica on February 01, 1985
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Knowledge into action for child survival. Lancet (2003) 4.28
Evidence for protection by breast-feeding against infant deaths from infectious diseases in Brazil. Lancet (1987) 4.01
Worldwide timing of growth faltering: implications for nutritional interventions. Pediatrics (2001) 3.21
Epidemic of caesarean sections in Brazil. Lancet (1991) 3.05
Construction of the World Health Organization child growth standards: selection of methods for attained growth curves. Stat Med (2006) 2.60
Control of tuberculosis by community health workers in Bangladesh. Lancet (1997) 2.55
Short-term benefits of catch-up growth for small-for-gestational-age infants. Int J Epidemiol (2001) 2.41
The silent burden of anaemia in Tanzanian children: a community-based study. Bull World Health Organ (2003) 2.22
Risk factors for malnutrition in Brazilian children: the role of social and environmental variables. Bull World Health Organ (1986) 2.14
Issues in the design and interpretation of studies to evaluate the impact of community-based interventions. Trop Med Int Health (1997) 2.11
After the hospital episode. Lancet (1975) 2.11
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Independent and joint effects of tobacco smoking and alcohol drinking on the risk of esophageal cancer in men and women. Int J Cancer (1999) 1.91
Nutrition counseling increases weight gain among Brazilian children. J Nutr (2001) 1.90
Birth size, early childhood growth, and adolescent obesity in a Brazilian birth cohort. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord (2003) 1.89
Do mothers overestimate breast feeding duration? An example of recall bias from a study in southern Brazil. Am J Epidemiol (1990) 1.74
[Longitudinal study of the mother and child population in an urban region of southern Brazil, 1993: methodological aspects and preliminary results]. Rev Saude Publica (1996) 1.74
Socio-economic and ethnic group inequities in antenatal care quality in the public and private sector in Brazil. Health Policy Plan (2010) 1.73
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Falling diarrhoea mortality in Northeastern Brazil: did ORT play a role? Health Policy Plan (1996) 1.69
Caesarean sections and risk of wheezing in childhood and adolescence: data from two birth cohort studies in Brazil. Clin Exp Allergy (2010) 1.69
Impact of breast feeding on admission for pneumonia during postneonatal period in Brazil: nested case-control study. BMJ (1999) 1.68
Breast feeding in the first six months. BMJ (1992) 1.67
Why so many caesarean sections? The need for a further policy change in Brazil. Health Policy Plan (1986) 1.65
The objectives, design and implementation of the INTERGROWTH-21st Project. BJOG (2013) 1.61
Fetal, infant and childhood growth: relationships with body composition in Brazilian boys aged 9 years. Int J Obes (Lond) (2005) 1.59
Assessing the burden of sexual and reproductive ill-health: questions regarding the use of disability-adjusted life years. Bull World Health Organ (2000) 1.57
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Health interview surveys in developing countries: a methodological review. Stud Fam Plann (1986) 1.47
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Comparison of the causes and consequences of prematurity and intrauterine growth retardation: a longitudinal study in southern Brazil. Pediatrics (1992) 1.44
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The low prevalence of weight-for-height deficits in Brazilian children is related to body proportions. J Nutr (2001) 1.43
Influence of mate drinking, hot beverages and diet on esophageal cancer risk in South America. Int J Cancer (2000) 1.42
Mate drinking, alcohol, tobacco, diet, and esophageal cancer in Uruguay. Cancer Res (1990) 1.39
Risk factors for childhood pneumonia among the urban poor in Fortaleza, Brazil: a case--control study. Bull World Health Organ (1996) 1.39
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Prevalence and risk factors for chronic bronchitis in Pelotas, RS, Brazil: a population-based study. Thorax (1994) 1.36
Early and late growth and blood pressure in adolescence. J Epidemiol Community Health (2003) 1.35
Water supply, sanitation and housing in relation to the risk of infant mortality from diarrhoea. Int J Epidemiol (1988) 1.34
The Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohort study 1982-1987: strategies for following up 6,000 children in a developing country. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol (1990) 1.32
Commentary: The catch-up dilemma--relevance of Leitch's 'low-high' pig to child growth in developing countries. Int J Epidemiol (2001) 1.26
Is prolonged breast-feeding associated with malnutrition? Am J Clin Nutr (1984) 1.23
Use of pacifiers is associated with decreased breast-feeding duration. Pediatrics (1995) 1.23
Pneumonia, diarrhea, and growth in the first 4 y of life: a longitudinal study of 5914 urban Brazilian children. Am J Clin Nutr (1990) 1.21
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Infant mortality due to perinatal causes in Brazil: trends, regional patterns and possible interventions. Sao Paulo Med J (2001) 1.20
Environmental tobacco smoke and breastfeeding duration. Am J Epidemiol (1997) 1.20
Birthweight and infant mortality: a longitudinal study of 5914 Brazilian children. Int J Epidemiol (1987) 1.20
Hot beverages and oesophageal cancer in southern Brazil: a case-control study. Int J Cancer (1987) 1.19
Studies on onchocerciasis in the United Cameroon Republic. IV. A four-year follow-up of six rain-forest and six savanna villages. The incidence of ocular lesions. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg (1978) 1.16
[Operationalization of the concept of social class in epidemiologic studies]. Rev Saude Publica (1988) 1.16
[Health services utilization: a systematic review of related factors]. Cad Saude Publica (2001) 1.16
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Bancroftian filariasis: a comparison of microfilariae counting techniques using counting chamber, standard slide and membrane (nuclepore) filtration. Ann Trop Med Parasitol (1979) 1.11
The NCHS reference and the growth of breast- and bottle-fed infants. J Nutr (1998) 1.10
The determinants of health services utilization in southern Iraq: a household interview survey. Int J Epidemiol (1986) 1.10
Birth weight and duration of breast-feeding: are the beneficial effects of human milk being overestimated? Pediatrics (1986) 1.09
Land tenure patterns and child health in southern Brazil: the relationship between agricultural production, malnutrition and child mortality. Int J Health Serv (1985) 1.09
Breast-feeding among the urban poor in southern Brazil: reasons for termination in the first 6 months of life. Bull World Health Organ (1989) 1.07
Ethnicity and infant health in Southern Brazil. A birth cohort study. Int J Epidemiol (2001) 1.07