The Primary Health Care (APS) it constitutes the first contact level with the system of health. In Brazil, the Family Health Program (PSF) it is the main implementation strategy and organization of APS. The objective of this study to evaluate the act...
Abstract Objective: This study aimed to assess process and outcome service for people aged over 20 years, diagnosed with diabetes mellitus and living in an area covered by the UBS Vila Gaúcha, in Porto Alegre. Disease control rate of interviewees...
The noise-inducced hearing loss (NIHL) is a cronical and irreversible disease resulting of the exposure to noise in high levels at work. Even in the begining, this hearing loss can damage in many degrees the worker’s quality of life. Until this stu...
Abstract: A metallurgical industry in San Luis Potosí city, México, has contaminated the zone by lead (Pb) and arsenic (As). Since 1989 were reported by our group high concentrations of Pb in blood (PbB) and As in urine (AsU) in the loc...
Is observed in the academy the discussion on urban solid waste residues (UWR), being health system waste residues (HWS) integral part of the (UWR), not necessarily for the generated amount, but for the risk potential that affects to the collective an...
Introduction: Aiming at understanding the relation among health, press and public policies on Tobacco in Brazil, this article analyses the texts about Tobacco published in the Brazilian press in 2006. Methods: In the clipping process of eight newspa...
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Abstract The present article has the goal to discuss the specificities of crimes perpetrated by women, especially female participation in drug trafficking in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In addition, it intends to distinguish female from male criminality...
