228Ra e 226Ra em alimentos industrializados consumidos por vacas leiteiras no estado de Pernambuco

Hospitais E Programas De Qualidade No Estado De São Paulo

The Health Administration field understands and deals with quality issues in a way that differs from what is seen in the industry. This article presents a survey done in a sample of 159 hospitals in São Paulo state during the second semester 1999 regarding the implementation of quality initiatives. The sample had public, philanthropic, non-philanthropic and university hospitals. Among 97 hospit...

226Ra and 228Ra in Croatian rivers.

The presence of natural radionuclides in Croatian rivers emphasizes the need for its continuous monitoring. Therefore results of 226Ra and 228Ra determination in Croatian river waters are presented in this paper. 226Ra and 228Ra were chosen as a possible source of human exposure due to their high radio-toxicity. Fifty liters of river water samples were collected from the Danube, Drava, Sava, Kr...

Clinical and hematological findings in Leishmania braziliensis-infected dogs from Pernambuco, Brazil Achados clínicos e hematológicos em cães infectados por Leishmania braziliensis de Pernambuco, Brasil

Canine cutaneous leishmaniasis by Leishmania braziliensis is a neglected, but widespread disease of dogs in South America. This paper describes clinical and hematological alterations in 17 L. braziliensis-infected dogs from Brazil. The most common hematological findings were thrombocytopenia (82.4%), anemia (70.6%), low packed cell volume (52.9%) and eosinophilia (41.2%). Twelve (70.6%) dogs di...

Asociación Americana de Gastroenterología Hormonas gastrointestinales e ingesta de alimentos

Food consumed outside the home in Brazil according to places of purchase

OBJECTIVE This study aims to describe the places of purchase of food consumed outside the home, characterize consumers according to the places of consumption, and identify the food purchased by place of consumption in Brazil. METHODS We have used data from the Pesquisa de Orçamento Familiar (Household Budget Survey) of 2008-2009 with a sample of 152,895 subjects over 10 years of age. The purc...