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Perceived and Objective Breast Cancer Risk Assessment in Chilean Women Living in an Underserved Area
(AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH, 2012)
Background: Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed malignancy among Chilean women and an increasingly significant public health threat. This study assessed the accuracy of breast cancer risk perception among ...
Risk of Giardia infection for drinking water and bathing in a peri-urban area in Sao Paulo, Brazil
(TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2011)
A high incidence of waterborne diseases is observed worldwide and in order to address contamination problems prior to an outbreak, quantitative microbial risk assessment is a useful tool for estimating the risk of infection. ...
Flood risk index development at the municipal level in Costa Rica: A methodological framework
(2022)
Floods constitute one of the most damaging natural hazards in the world. Seasonal and extraordinary rainfall
recurrently trigger different types of floods in Costa Rica. An integrated and efficient flood risk management
requires ...
Spatial variability of groundwater contamination risk by tebuthiuron in sugarcane area
(Empresa Brasil Pesq Agropec, 2016-12-01)
The objective of this work was to evaluate the groundwater contamination risk by tebuthiuron in a sugarcane area, through spatial modeling, in the municipality of Sao Manuel, in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The Araqua ...
DETERMINATION OF FLOOD RISKS IN THE MORUMBI STREAM BASIN, PIRACICABA-SP
(Univ Estadual Paulista Julio Mesquita Filho, 2016-01-01)
In Brazil can be identified several environmental issues, one of the most recurrent are the floods. This phenomenon is concentrated in urban areas, in which the urbanization process has a key role being directly related ...
Evaluating Urban Taeniasis as a Threat to Cysticercosis Elimination in Northern Peru
(American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2019)
Reintroduction of Taenia solium into a region in Peru where it had been eliminated prompted evaluation of the possibility of reintroduction from an urban reservoir of taeniasis. In a cross-sectional study of an adjacent ...
Risco de inundação nas bacias hidrográficas dos rios Henrique e Suzana na área urbana de Erechim, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
(Universidade Federal de Santa MariaBrasilGeografiaUFSMPrograma de Pós-Graduação em GeografiaCentro de Ciências Naturais e Exatas, 2019-01-24)
In the face of the present environmental crisis, on a global, regional and local scale,
uncertainties are created regarding the activities of natural processes in their
anthropogenic stage, which affect different social ...