| young women and their reproductive health needs in a family practice setting: factors influencing care seeking in vitoria, brazil. | young women often have diverse options for addressing their reproductive health and other health needs in urban settings. in brazil, they may access care through the government-run family health program (fhp). understanding factors associated with service utilization can enhance access to and delivery of appropriate services. | 2009 | 19770219 |
| low bone mass prevalence, therapy type, and clinical risk factors in an hiv-infected brazilian population. | low bone mineral density (bmd) has been described in human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)-infected patients, but data on associated factors are still unclear, and to our knowledge, no reports are available in brazil. our goal was to evaluate bmd in hiv patients attending an outpatient clinic in vitoria, brazil. a sectional study was performed in 300 hiv-infected patients to measure bmd by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (dxa). age, gender, anthropometric parameters, nadir and current cd4 cell cou ... | 2011 | 22051092 |