Andrea Paula Peneluppi de Medeiros

• Abstract

  Exposure to air pollutants has to be associated with several deleterious effects on people's health, even at levels considered safe by environmental legislation. Among the consequences harmful to health, is the low birth weight, which has been the target of several epidemiological studies in order to identify its risk factors in an attempt to develop interventions that can reduce these fa…

  Air pollutants and low birth weight, AP.R

• Abstract

  Dengue, one of the main problems of today's public health, is a viral disease that spreads quickly worldwide. National Guidelines for the Prevention and Dengue Epidemics Control, 2009 the Ministry of Health, state that the Community Health Agent must, among other things, act in coordination with the endemic control staff, whose duties forwarding the suspected dengue cases to the Primary H…

  Integration of environmental surveillance in dengue control and functions of community health agents, BP.IC

• Abstract

  Health workers are exposed to the same risks as other Brazilian workers, but is increased in this case, the occupational exposure to potentially contaminated biological materials, which are a serious risk to health professionals in their local job. Objective: to study the characteristics of the accident and of occupational exposure of health workers to biological material, assess adherenc…

  Occupational exposure to biological materials and monitoring protocol, BP.IC

• Abstract

  Studies show that children born underweight (birth weight between 2,500 g 2.999g) have higher risks than those born with adequate weight. There are two to three times more likely to die, there is a greater chance for infectious diseases to respiratory infections and delayed growth and development, and a greater possibility of chronic diseases in the future. Among the numerous risk factors…

  Air pollutants associated with insufficient to birth weight, BP.IC

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