This was an epidemiological observational, descriptive, cross-sectional study, conducted in 2006, in a representative sample of children of both genders, aged 3-10 years and 11 months, residing in regions that represented the east and southwest sanitary districts of Goiânia, and who were assisted by the Family Health Teams of their respective regions.
Se llevó a cabo un estudio epidemiológico observacional, transversal, descriptivo en 2006, en muestra representativa de niños de ambos sexos, en el grupo de edad de 3-10 años y 11 meses, moradores de las regiones que representan los distritos sanitarios sudoeste y este de Goiânia, que el Equipo de Salud de la Familia de las respectivas regiones estaban atendiendo.