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PESTICIDES IN DRINKING WATER - THE BRAZILIAN MONITORING PROGRAM

Frontiers in Public Health, 2015
Brazil is the world largest pesticide consumer, therefore it is important to monitor the levels of these chemicals in the water used by population. The Ministry of Health coordinates the National Drinking Water Quality Surveillance Program (Vigiagua ...
Auria Maria Cavalvante Barbosa, Marize de Lourdes Marzo Solano, Gisela de Aragao Umbuzeiro   +2 more
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Market‐Based Nutrition Regulation and Adult BMI Dynamics in Latin America

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Market‐based nutrition policies, including interpretative labeling systems and taxes on sugar‐sweetened beverages (SSBs), have been widely adopted across Latin America to influence dietary choices and address rising obesity rates. While prior research documents change in food purchasing and product reformulation following these policies ...
Emiliano Lopez Barrera, Grace Melo
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Price Transmission and Leadership in the Global Poultry Market: Results From Parametric and Nonparametric Approaches

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Brazil and the United States account for more than 40% of global poultry exports, with China and South Korea among their major destination markets. This study examines price transmission and market linkages between Brazil and the United States using monthly poultry export price data from January 1990 to December 2024. It also assesses which of
Khondoker Abdul Mottaleb, Shaikh M. Rahman, Syed Imran Ali Meerza   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of the performance of actions and outcomes in primary health care

Revista de Saúde Pública, 2017
OBJECTIVE The objective of this study has been to evaluate the performance of the primary care of Brazilian municipalities in relation to health actions and outcomes.
Paula Vitali Miclos, Maria Cristina Marino Calvo, Claudia Flemming Colussi   +2 more
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Deforestation and Efficiency: Insights From Forest Transition in the Brazilian Cerrado

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper estimates technical efficiency (TE) and environmental efficiency (EE) of agricultural production at the municipal level of the Brazilian Cerrado in 2006 and 2017, and investigates their underlying mechanisms in relation to forest transition theory.
Ricardo Muniz Simões, Cassiano Bragagnolo, Humberto Francisco Silva Spolador   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Neonatal Screening Program in Brazil, Focus on Sickle Cell Disease (SCD)

International Journal of Neonatal Screening, 2019
Since 2001, the Brazilian Ministry of Health has been coordinating a National Neonatal Screening Program (NNSP) that now covers all the 26 states and the Federal District of the Brazilian Republic and targets six diseases including sickle cell disease ...
Ana C. Silva-Pinto, Maria Cândida Alencar de Queiroz, Paula Juliana Antoniazzo Zamaro, Miranete Arruda, Helena Pimentel dos Santos   +4 more
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Vertical Price Transmission in Food Markets: New Evidence From Meta‐Analysis

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A growing body of empirical research has examined price dynamics along the food supply chain, yet findings remain heterogeneous and often conflicting. This study conducts a meta‐analysis of 140 studies, totaling 652 observations, to examine (1) the reported presence of asymmetric price transmission and (2) the reported direction of price ...
Sushan K C, Xiaoli Etienne, Andres Trujillo‐Barrera   +2 more
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Weather Attention in Online Discourse and Price Uncertainty in Agricultural Futures Markets

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Weather is a central determinant of production risk in agricultural markets, but markets respond not only to weather conditions themselves, but also to how those conditions are noticed, framed, and interpreted in public discourse. In this setting, real‐time online weather discussions may shape price uncertainty by influencing how market ...
Mario A. Ortez, Olga Isengildina Massa, Michael Liam Smith, Nicole Olynk Widmar   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A POLÍTICA DE RECURSOS HUMANOS EM FOCO: um estudo a partir da visão dos profissionais do Programa Saúde da Família

Revista de Políticas Públicas, 2008
The non-effective incorporation of the necessary human resources after the sanction of the Brazilian Public Health System, denominated as SUS, resulted in the persistence of historical lacks of specifically qualified people to meet the demands of the new
Ana Paula Rocha Miranda, Patrícia Barreto Cavalcanti, Mirian A. da Silva, Claudenizia de O. Pereira   +3 more
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Economic Impact of Sustainability in Wine Sector: A Systematic Literature Review

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainability has become a key issue in the wine sector, raising questions about its compatibility with firms' economic performance. Despite growing attention to environmental and social practices, evidence on their economic implications remains fragmented.
Valentina Di Chiara, Eugenio Pomarici, Leonardo Cei   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source