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Low caloric value and high salt content in the meals served in school canteens.
Paiva, Isabel; Pinto, Carlos; Queirós, Laurinda; Meister, Maria Cristina; Saraiva, Margarida; Bruno, Paula; Antunes, Delfina; Afonso, ManuelSchool lunch can contribute to aggravate food quality, by excess or deficiency, or it can contribute to compensate and alleviate them. This school meal should be an answer to combating the epidemic of obesity, and to feed some grace children. The objective was to study the nutritional composition of catering in canteens of public schools, from Northern municipalities in the District of Porto: Vila do Conde, Póv...
Pertussis hospitalisations: Northern Region of Portugal, 2000-2006.
Vieira, Margarida; Dias, Joana Gomes; Queirós, Laurinda; Correia, Ana MariaPertussis is an acute bacterial disease involving the respiratory tract. The causal agent is Bordetella pertussis. Among all age groups, infants (aged < 12 months) have had the highest incidence of pertussis in the vaccine era. The majority of hospitalisations, complications and deaths occurred in that age group. The aim of this study was to describe and characterize the epidemiological pattern of hospitalized ...
Increased level of tetanus antibody twenty one years after a booster dose of te...
Geraldes, Fernanda; Queirós, Laurinda; Santos, Maria AugustaWe report the case of a 37 years old woman who asked for clinical advice about revaccination with tetanus toxoid. An adverse reaction to the last booster dose of vaccine, 21 years before, was recorded by a clinical doctor on the vaccination card. It was decided to evaluate serum antibody levels against tetanus and other diseases included in the Portuguese Vaccination Programme. The level of serum tetanus antito...
Reported cases of malaria in the north of Portugal (1993-2002).
Castro, Luís; Cardoso, Ana Isabel; Queirós, Laurinda; Gonçalves, GuilhermeThe aim of this study is to provide epidemiological evidence useful to Portuguese health services dealing with prevention and treatment of malaria. Two sources of data were used: the computer database of statutory notifiable diseases and the reports of cases studied by local health authorities. The 140 cases of malaria reported between 1993 and 2002 in the North of Portugal are described. For the 26 available r...