Environmental and demographic determinants of dengue incidence in Brazil

Dengue incidence trend in Brazil, 2002-2012.

OBJECTIVE to analyze dengue incidence trend in Brazil from 2002 to 2012. METHODS this was an ecological study with data of the Information System for Notifiable Diseases (Sinan); the incidence rate was calculated by age groups, states and macroregions, through Prais-Winsten regression. RESULTS dengue incidence rates in Brazil, in 2002 and 2012, were of 401.6 and 301.5 per 100,000 inhabitant...

Spatial distribution of dengue incidence and socio-environmental conditions in Campinas, São Paulo State, Brazil, 2007.

This study aimed to analyze the spatial distribution of dengue risk and its association with socio-environmental conditions. This was an ecological study of the counts of autochthonous dengue cases in the municipality of Campinas, São Paulo State, Brazil, in the year 2007, aggregated according to 47 coverage areas of municipal health centers. Spatial models for mapping diseases were constructed...

Social and Environmental Determinants of Diarrhea Incidence

Socio-demographic determinants of self-rated health in Brazil.

Self-rated health has been used extensively in epidemiologic studies, not only due to its importance per se but also due to the validity established by its association with clinical conditions and with greater risk of subsequent morbidity and mortality. In this study, the socio-demographic determinants of good self-rated health are analyzed using data from the World Health Survey, adapted and c...

Natural environmental gamma radiation exposure and prevalence of breast cancer in Poços de Caldas, MG, Brazil

Background: Environmental ionizing radiation has been associated with increased cancer risk by several studies.  The Brazilian city of Poços de Caldas, MG, seats on a huge deposit of uranium, which was until recently mined.  We performed a retrospective analysis of  310 cases of patients with breast cancer, who were exposed for at least ten years to different levels of ion...