Marcia Caldas de Castro
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Damasceno A, Cardoso M, Matijasevich A, Lourenco B, Abanto J, Malta M, et al.
Cien Saude Colet
. 2024 Jan;
29(1):e02812023.
PMID: 38198322
The present study aimed to investigate the socioeconomic and obstetric characteristics of adolescent mothers and the complications they cause to maternal and neonatal health. This baseline data analysis of the...
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Almeida G, Costa P, da Silva Araujo M, Gomes G, Carvalho A, Figueiredo M, et al.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis
. 2021 Oct;
15(10):e0009077.
PMID: 34714821
Individuals with asymptomatic infection due to Plasmodium vivax are posited to be important reservoirs of malaria transmission in endemic regions. Here we studied a cohort of P. vivax malaria patients...
3.
Johansen I, Castro M, Alves L, Carmo R
Cad Saude Publica
. 2021 Apr;
37(4):e00079620.
PMID: 33886707
Around 14% of world dengue virus (DENV) cases occur in the Americas, most of them in Brazil. While socioeconomic, environmental, and behavioral correlates have been analyzed thoroughly, the role played...
4.
Ribeiro K, Ribeiro A, de Sousa Mascena Veras M, Castro M
Int J Epidemiol
. 2021 Mar;
50(3):732-742.
PMID: 33657223
Background: Heterogeneity in COVID-19 morbidity and mortality is often associated with a country's health-services structure and social inequality. This study aimed to characterize social inequalities in COVID-19 mortality in São...
5.
Damasceno A, Malta M, Neves P, Lourenco B, Bessa A, Rocha D, et al.
Cien Saude Colet
. 2020 Nov;
25(11):4583-4592.
PMID: 33175064
The scope of this study was to investigate the factors associated with blood pressure levels among pregnant women participating in the MINA-Brazil Study, registered in the Family Health Strategy in...
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Lourenco B, Lima D, Vivanco E, de Brito Fernandes R, Duarte M, Neves P, et al.
PLoS One
. 2020 Jul;
15(7):e0236055.
PMID: 32663227
This study aimed to assess agreement between antenatal estimates of gestational age by ultrasound and clinical records at birth in the Brazilian Amazon. Ultrasound examinations were scheduled during the second...
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de Oliveira C, Palombo C, Toriyama A, Verissimo M, Castro M, Fujimori E
Rev Esc Enferm USP
. 2019 Dec;
53:e03499.
PMID: 31800802
Objective: To analyze child development in different social groups. Method: A cross-sectional study with children under 3 years old enrolled in basic health units of a municipality in the state...
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Dal Bom J, Mazzucchetti L, Malta M, Ladeia-Andrade S, Castro M, Cardoso M, et al.
PLoS One
. 2019 Aug;
14(8):e0220513.
PMID: 31386682
We investigated linear growth and weight attained among 772 children at 10-15 months of age in the first population-based birth cohort in the Brazilian Amazon. Sociodemographic, maternal and birth characteristics...
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Castro M, Fisher M
Malar J
. 2012 May;
11:161.
PMID: 22571516
Background: Malaria is commonly considered a disease of the poor, but there is very little evidence of a possible two-way causality in the association between malaria and poverty. Until now,...
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Penrose K, Castro M, Werema J, Ryan E
PLoS Negl Trop Dis
. 2010 Mar;
4(3):e631.
PMID: 20300569
Background: As a result of poor economic opportunities and an increasing shortage of affordable housing, much of the spatial growth in many of the world's fastest-growing cities is a result...