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The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: from 25 years of inaction to a global transformation for public health
(Elsevier, 2018)
The Lancet Countdown tracks progress on health and climate change and provides an independent assessment of the health effects of climate change, the implementation of the Paris Agreement, 1 and the health implications of ...
Pest risk analysis A perspective
(IICA, 1993)
A five-stage procedure is presented to carry out a pest risk analysis, and the role of the Agricultural Health Program of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) in the development and implementation ...
Rapid assessment of environmental health risks posed by mining operations in low- and middle-income countries: Selected case studies
(Springer, 2013)
Previous studies have evaluated associated health risks and human exposure pathways at mining sites. Others have provided estimates of the scale of the issue based in part on surveys. However, a global census of mining-related ...
Global Shifts in Cardiovascular Disease, the Epidemiologic Transition, and Other Contributing Factors: Toward a New Practice of Global Health Cardiology
(Elsevier, 2017)
One of the major drivers of change in the practice of cardiology is population change. This article discusses the current debate about epidemiologic transition paired with other ongoing transitions with direct relevance ...
Water fluoridation in 40 Brazilian cities: 7 year analysis.
(2013-01-01)
Fluoride levels in the public water supplies of 40 Brazilian cities were analyzed and classified on the basis of risk/benefit balance. Samples were collected monthly over a seven-year period from three sites for each water ...
Water fluoridation in 40 Brazilian cities: 7 year analysis.
(2013-01-01)
Fluoride levels in the public water supplies of 40 Brazilian cities were analyzed and classified on the basis of risk/benefit balance. Samples were collected monthly over a seven-year period from three sites for each water ...
Impact of mining on the metal content of dust in indigenous villages of northern Chile
(2022)
Indigenous communities from northern Chile have historically been exposed to the impacts of massive copper industrial activities conducted in the region. Some of the communities belonging to the Alto El Loa Indigenous ...
Health-Related Quality of Life and Cumulative Psychosocial Risks in Adolescents
Psychosocial risks can negatively affect adolescents’ physical, psychological, and social health. Grounded on the cumulative risk theory, the objective of this study was to analyze the differences in health-related quality ...
Características da hipertensão arterial em Unidade Básica de Saúde
(2011-09-01)
A cross observational study was achieved about hypertensive patients from the Basic Health Unit in Betel, Paulinia - S.P. assessing blood pressure levels, anthropometric data, biosocial variables, responses to questionaires ...
Características da hipertensão arterial em Unidade Básica de Saúde
(2011-09-01)
A cross observational study was achieved about hypertensive patients from the Basic Health Unit in Betel, Paulinia - S.P. assessing blood pressure levels, anthropometric data, biosocial variables, responses to questionaires ...