scholarly journals Mental Retardation:An Important Public Health Problem

1966 ◽  
Vol 46 (7) ◽  
pp. 745-751
Author(s):  
Richard Koch
Author(s):  
Diana N.J. Lockwood

Leprosy is a chronic granulomatous disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, an acid-fast intracellular organism not yet cultivated in vitro. It is an important public health problem worldwide, with an estimated 4 million people disabled by the disease. Transmission of M. leprae is only partially understood, but untreated lepromatous patients discharge abundant organisms from their nasal mucosa into the environment....


2018 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcio Roberto Silva ◽  
André Almeida Santos Duch ◽  
Rômulo Tadeu Pace de Assis Lage ◽  
Liliane Denize Miranda Menezes ◽  
João Batista Ribeiro ◽  
...  

2012 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 422-424 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. van Schoor ◽  
J. D. M. Otten ◽  
G. J. den Heeten ◽  
R. Holland ◽  
M. J. M. Broeders ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 73 ◽  
pp. 316-317
Author(s):  
R. Colebunders ◽  
A. Hotterbeekx ◽  
J. Siewe ◽  
M. Mandro ◽  
M. Mbonye ◽  
...  

AAOHN Journal ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 57 (10) ◽  
pp. 436-436
Author(s):  
Olga S. Tompkins

Noise pollution can cause nonauditory effects on general health and well-being. There is growing awareness that secondhand noise is an important public health problem that is similar in scope to secondhand smoke.


2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 113
Author(s):  
Eliane Ganev ◽  
Wagner de Lorence Lima

O presente artigo propõe uma reflexão em torno do conceito de reinserção social de indivíduos que se tornaram dependentes de drogas, com o objetivo de oferecer uma contribuição na construção de políticas públicas sobre drogas capazes de fazer frente a este importante problema de saúde pública na contemporaneidade. Além dos aspectos conceituais da reinserção social, discutimos seus pressupostos e objetivos; seu contexto sempre atravessado pelas complexidades e singularidades características da dependência de drogas; aspectos tais como abstinência, riscos de recaídas, desconstrução e reconstrução de estilos de vida; o caráter multidisciplinar e a necessidade do trabalho continuado e metódico, no curto, médio e longo prazos, exigindo a cooperação de distintos agentes e sujeitos implicados nos desafios da reinserção social. Abstract: In this paper, we propose an analysis about the concept of social reinsertion of individuals who have become drug addicts. We want to help in planning public actions about drugs which can face this important public health problem nowadays. Apart from the conceptual aspects of social reinsertion, we hereby discuss its proposals, objectives and its context which is permanently affected by the complexities and peculiarities of drug dependency; aspects such as withdrawal, the risk of relapse, deconstruction and reconstruction of lifestyles; its multidisciplinary character and the need for continuous and methodical short-, mid- and long-term work, requiring the cooperation of those specific agents and subjects implied within the challenges of social reinsertion.


2003 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 425-426 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rute Maria Gonçalves-de-Andrade ◽  
Denise Vilarinho Tambourgi

Loxosceles laeta spiders were captured in the West zone of São Paulo City, this being the first record of the specie in this area. Since loxoscelism is an important public health problem in the South region of Brazil, it is necessary to investigate the presence of this spider in São Paulo City.


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