Intestinal diseases in Brazilian cities: their association with climatic factors.

To determine a possible association be- tween HLA specificities and leprosy and/or its clinical forms in a Southern Brazilian population, frequencies of HLA specifici- ties

In order to validate the intestinal perme- ability test using lactulose and mannitol, we studied a cohort of children from an ongoing project in diarrheal diseases followed by our

In studies conducted in São José dos Campos, a mid- sized city in the state of São Paulo, a decrease of 3 mg/m 3 in the SO 2 concentration led to an 8.5% reduced risk of death

In the univariate analysis, considering the somatic cell count as the dependent variable, the variables identified as risk factors associated to SCC higher than 400.000 cells/ mL

In any case, the growth pattern may vary with a number of factors including environmental conditions, charac- teristics used to measure fruit growth (e.g. length, diameter,

The objective of the present survey was to identify the relationships between intestinal parasitism and nutritional status, including hemoglobin levels, of children with

Fig 3: final model of climatic suitability for eight triatomine species in Central-West Region of Brazil, summing binary models versions of potential distributions derived

Abstract: Considering that environmental risk factors substantially contribute to the etiology of orofacial clefts and that knowledge about the characteristics and