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Relationship between obesity and educational level in Portuguese young males in...
De Castro, J J; Baptista, F; Dias, J A; Nobre, E L; Alves, A C; Teles, A GTo evaluate the relationship between the educational level, weight and obesity of young Portuguese males, aged 20 years.Cross-sectional study, based on the national military census files of 1990, provided by the military selection centres of Portugal (north, centre, south--including Azores and Madeira islands).In Portugal, all males aged 20 must present themselves to the military authorities to be submitted to ...
The Calmette-Guérin bacillus (BCG). An agent to consider in pediatric infection.
Marcelino, F; Vasconcellos, G; Almeida, A; Pereira, F; Rodrigues, F; Dias, J AComplications occurring a long time after BCG vaccination in healthy children have been occasionally referred, despite being rare. Osteitis seems to be the most frequent of those complications; therefore it must be considered in the differential diagnosis of that sort of lesions. The authors report a case of a 15 month old boy, previously healthy, who suffered an enlargement of the right foot for 3 weeks, unres...
A methodology for the diagnosis and follow-up of the evolution of acute hepatit...
Dias, J A; Medina, M; Antonio, A M; Brandão, N; Cabral, J; Carvalho, H; Gomes, J L; Gonçalves, I; Lopes, A I; Pó, IThe Working Group of the Section of Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition of the Portuguese Society of Paediatrics established a protocol for the investigation of children with acute hepatitis. The main purpose of this proposal is to allow appropriate etiologic investigations and avoid unnecessary tests that are expensive and do not add relevant information for the correct follow-up of these patients.; The ...
The epidemiology of pancreatic disease in Portugal.
Dias, J A; Giria, J AThe authors describe the most relevant aspects of the occurrence, distribution and relative importance of the main diseases of the Pancreas in Portugal, comparing their incidence and mortality rates with other European countries in recent years. The main risk factors associated with pancreatic cancer are referred, stressing the appropriate preventive measures. Hospital management and cost-efficiency analysis of...
The evolution of mortality from ischemic heart disease and cerebrovascular dise...
de Sá, P; Dias, J A; Miguel, J MBy late 70's, Portugal had one of the lowest IHD mortality rates amongst developed countries, with a declining trend. As for CVD, Portugal's figures were one of the highest, and showing a trend to increase. In what concerns to our country, by early 80's there were some data showing important regional variations concerning IHD and CVD mortality. So, the aims of this study were to analyse the evolution of IHD and...