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LitKDM2 study: the impact of health Literacy and knowledge about the disease on...
de Abreu, IR; Baía, C; Silva, JM; Santos, AM; Oliveira, M; Castro, F; Mozes, M; Ferreira, R; Alves, LAAims: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a common chronic disease with serious individual and socioeconomic consequences. Low health literacy (HL) has been associated with higher morbimortality. Health knowledge about DM (HK-DM) may also influence individual health. We aimed to assess HL and HK-DM in patients with type 2 DM and their associations with metabolic control. Methods: Our sample comprised 194 diabetic patient...
The intertidal zone of the North-East Atlantic region: pattern and process.
Hawkins, SJ; Pack, KE; Firth, LB; Mieskowska, N; Evans, AJ; Martins, GM; Aberg, P; Adams, LC; Arenas, F; Boaventura, DM; Bohn, K; Borges, CDGThe north-east Atlantic region is an area where clades originating in the north Pacific (fucoids, balanoids, littorinids, thaids, laminarians) collide with clades from further south in the Atlantic (e.g., patellids, trochids, chthamalids). At high latitudes in the north, seaweeds dominate the midshore zone of all but the most exposed shores. Further south, midshore space-occupying invertebrates (mussels and bar...