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Socioeconomic Trajectories From Birth to Adolescence and Risk Factors for Noncommunicable Disease: Prospective Analyses
To evaluate the associations between family socioeconomic trajectories from 0 to 11 years of age and risk factors for noncommunicable disease at 15 years.Cohorts in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: From Still Photographs to Full-Length Movies
In recent years, the amount of information available on the health status of children and—to a lesser extent—adolescents living in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) has been massively expanded. Population-based surveys, repeated every 5 years or so, are now available for >100 LMICs, providing information on nutritional status, health-related behaviors, morbidity, and mortality [1]. These include Demographic and Health Surveys ( http://www.measuredhs.com/aboutsurveys/dhs/start.cfm ) and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys ( http://www.childinfo.org/ ).Socioeconomic Changes and Adolescent Psychopathology in a Brazilian Birth Cohort Study
To investigate the effects of socioeconomic changes from birth to 11 years of life on emotional, conduct, and attentional/hyperactivity problems in 15-year-old adolescents, from the 1993 Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohort study.
