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[The school census as a search strategy for children and adolescents in epidemiological studies]

Regina Maria Veras Gonçalves-Silva1, Rosely Sichieri, Márcia Gonçalves Ferreira

  • 1Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Brasil. reveras@uol.com.br

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