A hospital-based case-control study was performed from August 2002 to November 2003 in Northeast Brazil. Eighty-nine women were recruited with histologically confirmed breast cancer (age 30-80 years), matched for age with 94 controls. Food consumption of cases and controls was evaluated by foods and food groups, categorized in consumption tertiles. Odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (...

In the study, it was aimed to determine effect of atmospheric and pressure frying on some quality properties meatballs. For this purpose, meatballs have been subjected deep process using hazelnut oil in conditions. Fried meatball samples were analyzed terms pH, % moisture, TBARS (thiobarbutyric acid reactive substance), instrumental color (internal external surface). The also tested for their t...

ntra-articular rice body formation is generally related to synovial inflammatory conditions such as tuberculous, pyogenic, rheumatoid, or seronegative inflammatory diseases.1,2 Occasionally, it does not have any underlying disorder.3,4 Various mechanisms of pathogenesis of rice bodies have been proposed, including sloughing from the microinfarcted synovium, de novo formation in the synovial flu...

A survey of reported, food related asthma was carried out among children referred to hospital. Ninety nine replies were received from a postal questionnaire and 78 other children were interviewed personally. Both survey methods gave similar results. Symptoms from at least one item of diet were significantly more frequently reported by Asian than non-Asian children (91%:58% respectively). Ice, f...