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Rita de Cássia Ribeiro Silva

Researcher at Federal University of Bahia

Publications -  61
Citations -  902

Rita de Cássia Ribeiro Silva is an academic researcher from Federal University of Bahia. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Overweight. The author has an hindex of 19, co-authored 54 publications receiving 806 citations.

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Moderate- and low-intensity co-infections by intestinal helminths and schistosoma mansoni, dietary iron intake, and anemia in brazilian children

Luciara Leite Brito, +6 more
- 01 Nov 2006 - 
TL;DR: Children with an adequate intake of iron had no increased odds of anemia independent of the combination of parasite infections, and the role of moderate- and low-intensity infections with Schistosoma mansoni and intestinal helminths and their relationship to iron consumption was studied.
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Fatores associados à anemia em crianças e adolescentes de escolas públicas de Salvador, Bahia, Brasil

Cristiane Queiroz Borges, +5 more
- 01 Apr 2009 - 
TL;DR: Anemia prevalence in children and adolescents was high, especially among the poorest subjects and those with low intake of bioavailable iron and family income below 1 minimum wage.
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Fatores de risco para anemia por deficiência de ferro em crianças e adolescentes parasitados por helmintos intestinais

Luciara Leite Brito, +6 more
- 01 Dec 2003 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, a study of 1709 criancas and adolescentes living in a cidade de Jequie, Estado da Bahia, Brazil, found that 32.2% of the crianca e adolescentes infected by T. trichiura and S. mansoni were anemic.
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Prevalência de pré-hipertensão e de hipertensão arterial e avaliação de fatores associados em crianças e adolescentes de escolas públicas de Salvador, Bahia, Brasil

Sônia Lopes Pinto, +4 more
- 01 Jun 2011 - 
TL;DR: Prevalence of pre-hypertension and hypertension in children and adolescents was higher among girls and individuals with overweight and inadequate diet.
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Factors associated with body image dissatisfaction among adolescents in public schools students in Salvador, Brazil.

Mônica Leila Portela de Santana, +7 more
- 01 May 2013 - 
TL;DR: A high occurrence of body image dissatisfaction was observed among the adolescents, and biological and behavioral factors were associated with this dissatisfaction.