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Social distance measures to control the COVID-19 pandemic: Potential impacts an...
Pescarini, Julia; Aquino, Estela; Silveira, Ismael; Aquino, Rosana; Souza-Filho, JaimeCOVID-19 pandemic has challenged researchers and policymakers to seek public health measures to prevent the collapse of health systems and reduce deaths. This narrative review sought to summarize the evidence on the impact of social distancing in the course of the COVID-19 epidemic and to discuss its implementation in Brazil. We searched papers describing the effects of social distancing on COVID-19 in PubMed, ...
Evolution of the mortality for cervico-uterine cancer in Salvador - BA, 1979-1997
Derossi, Susanne Andrade; Paim, Jairnilson Silva; Aquino, Estela; Silva, Ligia Maria Vieira daWhen early diagnosed and treated, cervical cancer is a perfectly avoidable cause of death. In Brazil, however, mortality from cervical cancer is still high and remains a public health problem. This study is aimed at both describing the evolution of such mortality and estimating the potential and productive years of life lost due to this neoplasia in Salvador (Ba), Brazil, between 1979 and 1997. Aggregates of ti...