Development of an Application for Electronic Retrieval of Patient and Sample Information in Latin American Regions with a High Incidence of Gallbladder Cancer by Sergio Guinez-Molinos, Jaime Gonzalez Diaz, Carol Barahona Ponce, Justo Lorenzo Bermejo

“…We decided to develop an application for electronic data collection to facilitate the retrieval of sociodemographic, clinical, lifestyle, dietary, and sample-related information from 15,000 Latin American study participants. The application EULAT eCollect will facilitate the work of study nurses, reduce time spent by participants, limit the use of paper and ink, minimize costs and errors associated with filling out written forms and subsequent digitisation, and support the monitoring of local recruitment rates and data quality. …”
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Childbearing Age Women Characteristics in Latin America. Building Evidence Bases for Early Prevention. Results from the ELANS Study by Marianella Herrera-Cuenca, Agatha Nogueira Previdelli, Berthold Koletzko, Pablo Hernandez, Maritza Landaeta-Jimenez, Yaritza Sifontes, Georgina Gómez, Irina Kovalskys, Martha Cecilia Yépez García, Rossina Pareja, Lilia Yadira Cortés, Attilio Rigotti, Mauro Fisberg, on behalf of the ELANS Study Group

“…We aimed to identify characteristics of LA women to inform public policies that would benefit these women and their future children. The Latin American Study of Nutrition and Health (ELANS) is a multicenter cross-sectional study of representative samples in eight Latin American countries (<i>n</i> = 9218) with a standardized protocol to investigate dietary intake, anthropometric variables, physical activity, and socioeconomic characteristics. …”
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Factors associated with the use of medicines and self-medication during the COVID-19 pandemic in 12 Latin American countries by Christian R. Mejia, Mely Ruiz-Aquino, Gianela Garcia-Arteta, Gin Ramos, Isabel Astete-Pérez, Mariana Pineda-Cáceres, Mariluz Collahua-Briceño, Katherine Vargas-Patiño, Dennis Arias-Chávez, Thomas Franchi, Paolo Pedersini, Marcos Roberto Tovani-Palone

“…Conclusion: There was a significantly high prevalence of self-medication in our Latin American study population, including the use of medicines not recommended for COVID-19 treatment and/or prevention. …”
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Defeitos congênitos em uma região de mineração de carvão Population risk for birth defects in a coal mining region by Júlio César Loguercio Leite, Lavínia Schüler-Faccini

“…Eight major birth defects were selected and their frequencies at birth was analyzed and compared to observed frequencies registered by the Latin American Study of Congenital Malformation (ECLAMC). …”
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Walking and cycling, as active transportation, and obesity factors in adolescents from eight countries by Gerson Ferrari, Clemens Drenowatz, Irina Kovalskys, Georgina Gómez, Attilio Rigotti, Lilia Yadira Cortés, Martha Yépez García, Rossina G. Pareja, Marianella Herrera-Cuenca, Ana Paula Del’Arco, Miguel Peralta, Adilson Marques, Ana Carolina B. Leme, Kabir P. Sadarangani, Juan Guzmán-Habinger, Javiera Lobos Chaves, Mauro Fisberg

“…Methods Population-based study with 671 adolescents (mean age: 15.9 [standard deviation: 0.8] years) from eight countries participating in the Latin American Study of Nutrition and Health/Estudio Latino Americano Nutrition y Salud (ELANS). …”
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Are the different cut-off points for sitting time associated with excess weight in adults? A population based study in Latin America by Eduardo Rossato de Victo, Irina Kovalskys, Mauro Fisberg, Georgina Gómez, Attilio Rigotti, Lilia Yadira Cortés, Martha Yépez García, Rossina G. Pareja, Marianella Herrera-Cuenca, Dirceu Solé, Clemens Drenowatz, Adilson Marques, Gerson Ferrari

“…Methods Data from the Latin American Study of Nutrition and Health (ELANS), a cross-sectional population-based survey conducted in eight Latin American countries, were used. …”
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