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25 years of science behind the creation of the Unified Health System (SUS)

scientific article published on 01 March 2020

A protocol to identify non-classical risk factors for preterm births: the Brazilian Ribeirão Preto and São Luís prenatal cohort (BRISA).

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Added sugars and periodontal disease in young adults: an analysis of NHANES III data.

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Análise espacial da taxa de detecção de casos suspeitos de síndrome congênita pelo vírus Zika, Maranhão, 2015 a 2018

scientific article published in 2022

Are intrauterine growth restriction and preterm birth associated with dental caries?

scientific article published in October 2007

Assessment of blood biomarkers in adolescents classified by body mass index and body fat percentage

scientific article published on 17 June 2020

Association between prolonged breast-feeding and early childhood caries: a hierarchical approach

scientific article published on 23 June 2012

Autoregressive spatial modeling of possible cases of dengue, chikungunya, and Zika in the capital of Northeastern Brazil

scientific article published on 24 September 2021

Barriers for HIV testing during pregnancy in Southern Brazil

scientific article published on 29 March 2006

Birth in Brazil survey: neonatal mortality, pregnancy and childbirth quality of care.

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Birth in Brazil: national survey into labour and birth

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Birth weight, current body mass index, and insulin sensitivity and secretion in young adults in two Latin American populations.

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Body image dissatisfaction and symptoms of depression disorder in adolescents

scientific article published on 07 December 2020

Bolsa Família program and incomplete childhood vaccination in two Brazilian cohorts

scientific article published on 23 October 2020

COVID-19 in Northeast Brazil: achievements and limitations in the responses of the state governments

scientific article published on 12 August 2020

Can we explain why Brazilian babies are becoming lighter?

scientific article published on 20 May 2004

Cesarean delivery is associated with an increased risk of obesity in adulthood in a Brazilian birth cohort study

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Cesarean section and increased body mass index in school children: two cohort studies from distinct socioeconomic background areas in Brazil

scientific article published on 25 July 2013

Changes in perinatal health in two birth cohorts (1997/1998 and 2010) in São Luís, Maranhão State, Brazil.

scientific article published on July 2015

Childbearing in adolescence: intergenerational dejà-vu? Evidence from a Brazilian birth cohort

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Childhood socioeconomic position, adult socioeconomic position and social mobility in relation to markers of adiposity in early adulthood: evidence of differential effects by gender in the 1978/79 Ribeirao Preto cohort study

scientific article published on May 8, 2012

Chronic pain, associated factors, and impact on daily life: are there differences between the sexes?

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Ciência & Saúde Coletiva is now in its 24th year of existence

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

Clinical practices in the hospital care of healthy newborn infant in Brazil.

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Decline in head circumference growth and associated factors in congenital Zika syndrome

scientific article published in 2022

Does height catch-up in schoolchildren have an effect on bone mass in adolescents? Analysis in a Brazilian birth cohort

scientific article published on 04 July 2018

Duration of breast feeding and cognitive function: Population based cohort study.

scientific article published on 4 July 2006

Early Growth and Neurologic Outcomes of Infants with Probable Congenital Zika Virus Syndrome

scientific article (publication date: November 2016)

Early interventions to reduce vulnerabilities and improve childhood development

scientific article published on 11 March 2019

Effect of early determinants on adolescent fat-free mass: RPS cohort of São Luís - MA

scientific article published on 20 November 2020

Effects of Socioeconomic Status and Social Support on Violence against Pregnant Women: A Structural Equation Modeling Analysis

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Effects of conventional and orthodontic pacifiers on the dental occlusion of children aged 24-36 months old.

scientific article published on 9 February 2016

Effects of gestational weight gain and breastfeeding on postpartum weight retention among women in the BRISA cohort

scientific article published on 12 June 2017

Epidemiology, social sciences and health policies in the fight against COVID-19

scientific article published on 01 June 2020

Estimated visceral adipose tissue, but not body mass index, is associated with reductions in glomerular filtration rate based on cystatin C in the early stages of chronic kidney disease

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Evaluation of the neonatal outcomes of the kangaroo mother method in Brazil

scientific article published on 01 September 2008

Evidence of validity of the Stress-Producing Life Events (SPLE) instrument.

scientific article published on 7 February 2018

Excess deaths from all causes and by COVID-19 in Brazil in 2020

scientific article published on 29 October 2021

Exposure to maternal smoking during fetal life affects food preferences in adulthood independent of the effects of intrauterine growth restriction

scientific article published on 01 June 2011

Factors Associated with Height Catch-Up and Catch-Down Growth Among Schoolchildren

scientific article published on March 12, 2012

Factors associated with asymptomatic infection in family members and neighbors of patients with visceral leishmaniasis

scientific article published on 01 December 2012

Factors associated with physical violence against pregnant women from São Luís, Maranhão State, Brazil: an approach using structural equation modeling.

scientific article published on 23 January 2017

Factors associated with the development of dental defects acquired in the extrauterine environment

scientific article published on 10 October 2019

Factors underlying the polarization of early childhood caries within a high-risk population.

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Healthy Eating Index: adaptation for children aged 1 to 2 years

scientific article published on 01 December 2018

High prevalence of polycystic ovary syndrome in women born small for gestational age.

scientific article published on 23 June 2010

Household food insecurity and excess weight/obesity among Brazilian women and children: a life-course approach.

scientific article published on February 2013

Inadequate prenatal care utilization and associated factors in São Luís, Brazil.

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Increasing pre-term and low-birth-weight rates over time and their impact on infant mortality in south-east Brazil.

scientific article published in March 2004

Inflammation markers in the saliva of infants born from Zika-infected mothers: exploring potential mechanisms of microcephaly during fetal development

scientific article published on 20 September 2019

Is income inequality decreasing in Brazil?

scientific article published in June 2015

Is low birthweight associated with dental caries in permanent dentition?

scientific article published on 01 January 2007

Low birth weight in São Luís, northeastern Brazil: trends and associated factors

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Maternal age and adverse perinatal outcomes in a birth cohort (BRISA) from a Northeastern Brazilian city.

scientific article published on 21 November 2014

Maternal smoking during pregnancy and primary headache in school-aged children: a cohort study

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Maternal socioeconomic factors and adverse perinatal outcomes in two birth cohorts, 1997/98 and 2010, in São Luís, Brazil.

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Mean birth weight among term newborns: direction, magnitude and associated factors

scientific article published on 06 April 2020

Mental disorders in adolescents, youth, and adults in the RPS Birth Cohort Consortium (Ribeirão Preto, Pelotas and São Luís), Brazil

scientific article published on 31 January 2020

Mental health and physical inactivity during pregnancy: a cross-sectional study nested in the BRISA cohort study

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Metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance and other cardiovascular risk factors in university students

scientific article published on April 2016

Mild but Not Light or Severe Food Insecurity Is Associated with Obesity among Brazilian Women1,2

scientific article published on March 9, 2011

Monitoring trends in socioeconomic, maternal and child health inequalities

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

Narrowing inequalities in infant mortality in Southern Brazil

scientific article published on August 2002

Neonatal near miss in the Birth in Brazil survey

scientific article published in August 2014

Neonatal near miss: a systematic review

scientific article published in December 2015

Normal weight obesity is associated with metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance in young adults from a middle-income country.

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Nutrient intake variability and the number of days needed to estimate usual intake in children aged 13-32 months

scientific article published on 6 February 2017

On the possibility of interrupting the coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic based on the best available scientific evidence

scientific article published on 16 March 2020

Penile cancer in Maranhão, Northeast Brazil: the highest incidence globally?

scientific article published on 29 May 2018

Perceived Stress Scale: confirmatory factor analysis of the PSS14 and PSS10 versions in two samples of pregnant women from the BRISA cohort

scientific article published on 18 December 2017

Perinatal and early adulthood factors associated with adiposity

scientific article published on 01 July 2012

Perinatal and early life factors associated with symptoms of depression in Brazilian children

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Perinatal outcomes and changes in the oral cavity: Brazilian cohorts of Ribeirão Preto and São Luís

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Physical activity and sedentary lifestyle among children from private and public schools in Northern Brazil

scientific article published in December 2010

Physical activity in pregnancy and adverse birth outcomes.

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Plaque Reduction Neutralization Test (PRNT) in the Congenital Zika Syndrome: Positivity and Associations with Laboratory, Clinical, and Imaging Characteristics

scientific article published on 31 October 2020

Population-based seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 and the herd immunity threshold in Maranhão

scientific article published on 14 December 2020

Postpartum depression screening by telephone: a good alternative for public health and research.

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Prepregnancy body mass index, gestational weight gain, and birth weight in the BRISA cohort.

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Prevalence and Risk Factors for Microcephaly at Birth in Brazil in 2010.

scientific article published on 5 January 2018

Prevalence and factors associated to malnutrition and excess weight among under five year-olds in the six largest cities of Maranhão

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Prevalence and factors associated with surfactant use in Brazilian Neonatal Intensive Care Units: A multilevel analysis

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Prevalence of arterial hypertension and associated factors in adults in São Luís, state of Maranhão

scientific article published on 01 October 2008

Prevalence of illicit drug use and associated factors during pregnancy in the BRISA cohort

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Prevalence of non-communicable diseases in Brazilian children: follow-up at school age of two Brazilian birth cohorts of the 1990's

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Processed and ultra-processed food consumption among children aged 13 to 35 months and associated factors

scientific article published on 21 November 2017

Psychological violence against pregnant women in a prenatal care cohort: rates and associated factors in São Luís, Brazil.

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Psychometric properties of the hospital birth satisfaction scale: Birth in Brazil survey

scientific article published on 12 August 2019

Quality assessment of adult intensive care services: application of a tool adjusted to the reality of low-income countries

scientific article published on 30 May 2019

Regulatory Cytokine Expression and Preterm Birth: Case-Control Study Nested in a Cohort

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Relative validity of a food frequency questionnaire for adolescents from a capital in the Northeastern region of Brazil

scientific article published on 21 December 2020

Risk factors associated with asymptomatic infection by Leishmania chagasi in north-east Brazil

scientific article published on 01 January 2002

Risk factors for inadequate prenatal care use in the metropolitan area of Aracaju, Northeast Brazil

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Risk factors for intrauterine growth restriction: a comparison between two Brazilian cities

scientific article published on 17 February 2005

Risk factors for low birthweight in north-east Brazil: the role of caesarean section

scientific article published on 01 July 2001

Risk factors for sedentary behavior in young adults: similarities in the inequalities.

scientific article published in August 2010

Risk factors for the increasing caesarean section rate in Southeast Brazil: a comparison of two birth cohorts, 1978-1979 and 1994

scientific article published on 01 August 1999

Secular trend of very low birth weight rate in Porto Alegre, Southern Brazil

scientific article published on 26 October 2009

Secular trends in the rate of low birth weight in Brazilian State Capitals in the period 1996 to 2010.

scientific article published on January 2013

Severe food insecurity is associated with obesity among Brazilian adolescent females.

scientific article published on 17 January 2012

Severe intrauterine growth restriction is associated with higher spontaneous carbohydrate intake in young women.

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Significant differences in cesarean section rates between a private and a public hospital in Brazil

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Size at birth and blood pressure in young adults: findings from a Brazilian birth cohort study

scientific article published in December 2012

Sleep characteristics and excessive daytime sleepiness in adolescents and adults: results from the birth cohorts of three Brazilian cities — RPS Consortium

scientific article published in 2023

Small for gestational age babies are not related to changes in markers of adipose tissue dysfunction during reproductive age.

scientific article published on 4 March 2014

Socio-environmental determinants of the delay in the first dental visit: results of two population-based cohort studies in Brazil

scientific article published on 27 November 2020

Socioeconomic and demographic factors are associated with dietary patterns in a cohort of young Brazilian adults

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Socioeconomic status and cardiovascular risk factors in young adults: a cross-sectional analysis of a Brazilian birth cohort

scientific article published on 21 February 2020

Soft drink consumption and periodontal status in pregnant women

scientific article published on 31 October 2018

Spatial analysis of probable cases of dengue fever, chikungunya fever and zika virus infections in Maranhao State, Brazil

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Staff workload and adverse events during mechanical ventilation in neonatal intensive care units.

scientific article published on 8 November 2011

The DNA of Ciência & Saúde Coletiva

scientific article published on 01 December 2020

The First 1000 Days of Life Factors Associated with "Childhood Asthma Symptoms": Brisa Cohort, Brazil.

scientific article published on 22 November 2017

The authors reply

scientific article published in February 2013

The dietary inflammatory index and insulin resistance or metabolic syndrome in young adults

scientific article published on 23 August 2018

The epidemiologic paradox of low birth weight in Brazil

scientific article published on 8 September 2010

The relative effect of size at birth, postnatal growth and social factors on cognitive function in late childhood.

scientific article published on 12 September 2005

The relative strength of weight and length at birth in contrast to social factors as determinants of height at 18 years in Brazil

scientific article published in November 2002

The scientific production in Epidemiology of the Journal Ciência & Saúde Coletiva

scientific article published on 06 June 2020

The triumph of Abrasco's Revista Ciência & Saúde Coletiva

scientific article published on 09 September 2019

Validity of pre and post-term birth rates based on the date of last menstrual period compared to early obstetric ultrasonography.

scientific article published on April 2015

Waist circumference is an effect modifier of the association between bone mineral density and glucose metabolism

scientific article published on 17 May 2018

Which factors could explain the low birth weight paradox?

scientific article published in August 2006

Zika virus infection and microcephaly: Evidence regarding geospatial associations.

scientific article published on 25 April 2018

[Access to and use of the services of the family health strategy from the perspective of managers, professionals and users].

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[Asthma and associated factors in students 13 and 14 years of age in São Luís, Maranhão State, Brazil]

scientific article published on 01 June 2012

[Eating patterns among children aged 13 to 35 months and association with maternal characteristics]

scientific article published on 08 April 2019

[Evaluation of the family focus and community orientation in the Family Health Strategy]

scientific article published on 01 February 2014

[Experiences of parents of children born with microcephaly during the Zika epidemic following disclosure of the diagnosis]

scientific article published on 28 November 2019

[Factors associated with use of oral health services: a population-based study in municipalities of the state of Maranhão, Brazil]

scientific article published on 01 February 2014

[Maternal depressive symptoms and anxiety and interference in the mother/child relationship based on a prenatal cohort: an approach with structural equations modeling]

scientific article published on 13 July 2017

[Prevalence of preterm birth according to birth weight group: a systematic review].

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[Targeting and coverage of the Bolsa Família program in children from the BRISA Birth Cohorts, Ribeirão Preto (São Paulo State) and São Luís (Maranhão State), Brazil]

scientific article published on 04 July 2019