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Tendências temporais de atividade física e comportamento sedentário em Porto Alegre, Brasil: 2006-2012

O objetivo do estudo é analisar tendências temporais de atividade física e comportamento sedentário e sua relação com indicadores sociodemográficos, em adultos da cidade de Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil, no período de 2006 a 2012. Foram analisados dados de 13,721 adultos (18+ anos) participantes do Si...

Occupational exposure to contaminated biological material: perceptions and feelings experienced among dental students

Introduction: Dental students may be a particularly vulnerable group exposed to the risk of acquiring infections through occupational injuries. Objective: To investigate the perceptions with regard to their occupational exposure to potentially infectious biologic materials. Material and Method: Interview...

Actualización en bacteriemia por Staphylococcus Aureus

Med. U.P.B; 33 (1), 2014
El Staphylococcus aureus es un patógeno bacteriano de distribución mundial y es el principal responsable de las bacteriemias en numerosas áreas geográficas. Las tasas de resistencia a antibióticos han aumentado exponencialmente y diversos estudios han demostrado que las cepas resistentes ya no se li...

Oral squamous cell carcinoma: survival, recurrence and death

Acta sci., Health sci; 36 (2), 2014
This paper was based in data survey from macro and microscopic oral lesions characteristics, personal data and medical history of patients diagnosed with oral squamous cell carcinoma in the Lab of Pathological Anatomy from the Federal University of Alfenas from January 2000 to December 2010, establishing...

Prevalence of hypertension in individuals who sought care at the family health strategy in a city of southeastern Brazil

Acta sci., Health sci; 36 (2), 2014
This study aimed to verify the prevalence of hypertension among individuals who sought care at the Family Health Strategy (FHS) units, registered in Basic Attention Information System (BAIS), in a city of Southeastern Brazil, classified by gender and age. Were evaluated 12,636 individuals who underwent c...

University student’s dental and maxillofacial fractures characteristics and epidemiology in sports

Acta sci., Health sci; 36 (2), 2014
Current study analyzes the characteristics and epidemiology of oral and nasal fractures and knowledge degree regarding the use of a mouthguard by an amateur university handball team in Brazil. A cross-sectional study comprised 138 students who practiced the sport. They were interviewed on dental and nasa...

Actinic cheilitis: Epidemiological study in a riverine population of northern Brazil

J. res. dent; 2 (3), 2014
AIM: The aim of this survey was to assess the prevalence of AC in riverine population in countryside of Amazonas, northern Brazil. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Patients answered a questionnaire and were examined between January and December of 2008. Data were gathered on the following participant’s characteri...

Componentes clínico-epidemiológicos de crianças e adolescentes em hemodiálise

Cogitare enferm; 19 (2), 2014
Este estudo objetivou identificar os componentes clínico-epidemiológicos de crianças e adolescentes em hemodiálise e foi realizado por meio de investigação documental. Foram analisados os prontuários de todos os pacientes que realizavam hemodiálise em um hospital pediátrico do Estado do Paraná-...

Carga de enfermedad en el Perú: Estimación de los años de vida saludables perdidos 2012

La publicación constituye el tercer estudio nacional de carga de enfermedad, el mismo que se organiza en cinco secciones. La primera parte hace referencia a los antecedentes que se han sucedido desde las primeras estimaciones mundiales, hasta la experiencia desarrollada en el Perú. La segunda sección,...