Neuroanatomical and Psychosocial Effects of Heavy Alcohol Use Among Young Adults in Angola: A Cross-Sectional Study. [PDF]
Health Sci RepABSTRACT Background and Aims Excessive alcohol consumption is a critical yet under‐researched public health problem in Angola, particularly among young adults. Although per capita consumption is among the highest in Africa, little is known about the specific neuroanatomical and psychosocial consequences in this group.
Guerra BO, Delgado C, Sacomboio ENM.
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Prevalence of Asthma, Allergic Rhinitis, and Eczema in Schoolchildren From Huambo, Angola: A Cross-Sectional Study. [PDF]
Health Sci RepABSTRACT Background and Aims Asthma is the most common chronic non‐communicable disease in children with a higher prevalence in high‐income countries, however, the majority of asthma‐related deaths occur in low‐ and middle‐income countries, including Angola.
Gonçalves EJ +3 more
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Evidence-Based Behavioral Interventions to Improve the Double-Duty Actions Impacting the Dual Burden of Malnutrition: A Scoping Review. [PDF]
Food Sci NutrNo scoping review summarizes evidence‐based behavioral interventions that improve double duty actions to prevent stunting and obesity. Inclusion criteria included articles from 2010 to 2024, behavioral interventions to improve breastfeeding, young child nutrition, and antenatal care, and were set in sub‐Saharan Africa or Asia.
Hearst MO +5 more
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Coffee, cash, and consumption: rethinking commodity production in the global south [PDF]
, 2018 This essay reflects on the study of coffee production in Angola, following research in business and missionary archives in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. After observing that African coffee farmers were consumers of foreign goods as much as they
Vos, Jelmer
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Climate change and DIY urbanism in Luanda and Maputo: new urban strategies?
International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development, 2019 Climate-related phenomena historically have had an impact on the lives of urban dwellers of Luanda and Maputo. Recently, however, urban expansion and congestion of different sorts, aggravated by climate change impacts, call for renewed responses on the ...
Cristina Udelsmann Rodrigues
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'The time of the leaflet': pamphlets and political communication in the UPA (Northern Angola, around 1961) [PDF]
, 2015 In March 1961, war broke out in Northern Angola. The Portuguese authorities attributed the violence to the UPA - a nationalist movement led by Northern Angolan immigrants resident in Congo.
Brinkman, Inge
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Health Science Reports, 2023 Background and Aims SARS‐CoV‐2 infection is a public health concern. Several aspects related to the pattern of infection remain unclear. This study aimed to investigate the blood pressure pattern among blood donors exposed to SARS‐CoV‐2 in Luanda, Angola,
Cruz S. Sebastião +9 more
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When Modern Housing Built Optimistic Suburbia: A Comparative Analysis Between Lisbon and Luanda
Urban Planning, 2022 Throughout the 1960s, the urban peripheries in several Portuguese colonial cities embarked on a profound process of transformation. With different urban histories and distant geographical contexts, Lisbon and Luanda were united by urban planning and ...
Inês Rodrigues
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Conducta perioperatoria en paciente con apnea obstructiva del sueño: A propósito de un caso
Revista Cubana de Anestesiología y Reanimación, 2011 Introducción: A pesar de la alta frecuencia del síndrome de apnea - hipopnea obstructiva del sueño y de sus graves complicaciones perioperatorias, el riesgo de estos pacientes se subestima.
Edwin García García García García +4 more
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