The aim of this study was to evaluate the nutritional profile of indigenous Xukuru-Kariri villagers between seven years and seventy eight years old in Minas Gerais in accordance with the different anthropometric indicator body composition. The measur...
In order to analyze the practice of Social Security Physical Exam since the introduction of Worker’s Health paradigms, data on the granting of social security benefits related to incapacity has been collected so as to assess worker´s illness based...
It was performed a cross-sectional study with elderly population in rural and urban areas characterize the prevalence of morbidity and symptoms. It was interviewed 229 elderly, the medium of age was 72.3 years, 57.2% lived in rural zone, 56.3% was fe...
OBJECTIVE: Describe the work of sugarcane manual harvesters, assessing the nutritional behavior and body composition from beginning to end of the harvest. METHOD: A descriptive longitudinal study was carried out on harvesters in Piracicaba, Sã...
The study revealed beliefs and behaviors related to the causes and control measures of coronary artery disease (CAD). One hundred adults were interviewed in a public clinic, in Salvador/BA. The results were analyzed in percentages, averages and thr...
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Objectives were to assess the prevalence of physical and psychological dating violence among adolescents from Recife, Brazil, to identify associated factors and the co-occurrence of both violence types. Adolescents in public and private school, parti...
This article aimed to analyze the problem of dental caries as a public health matter of epidemiological relevance. This is a case study from documentary analysis of national-based epidemiological surveys on oral health in the years 1986, 2003 and 201...
