Local Publications
The following publications used ISAAC data from the Belo Horizonte centre:
- de Andrade CR, da Cunha Ibiapina C, Goncalves Alvim C, Fernandes Fontes MJ, de Lima Belizario Facury Lasmar LM, Moreira Camargos PA. Asthma and allergic rhinitis co-morbidity: a cross-sectional questionnaire study on adolescents aged 13-14 years. Prim Care Resp J 2008; 17(4): 222-225.
Belo Horizonte Centre
| Phase One | Phase Two | Phase Three | |||
| Centre: | Belo Horizonte, Brasil ( Latin America ) | ||||
| Principal Investigator: | Associate Professor Paulo Augusto M Camargos | ||||
| Age Groups: | 13-14 | Timeframe: | November 2001 to May 2002 | ||
| Sampling Frame: | 13-14yr: Public schools in Belo Horizonte City | ||||
Personnel
Personnel
Professor Paulo Augusto M Camargos
Professor of Pediatrics
Dept of Pediatrics,Medical School
Federal University of Minas Gerais
Belo Horizonte
Brasil
Roles:
- Phase Three Principal Investigator for Belo Horizonte
Professor Cristina Gonçalves Alvim
Associate professor of Pediatrics
Dept of Pediatrics,Medical School
Federal University of Minas Gerais
Belo Horizonte
Brasil
Roles:
- Phase Three collaborator for Belo Horizonte
Professor Maria Jussara Fernands Fontes
Associate professor of Pediatrics
Dept of Pediatrics,Medical School
Federal University of Minas Gerais
Belo Horizonte
Brasil
Roles:
- Phase Three collaborator for Belo Horizonte
Professor Cláudia Ribeiro de Andrade
Associate professor of Pediatrics
Dept of Pediatrics,Medical School
Federal University of Minas Gerais
Belo Horizonte
Brasil
Roles:
- Phase Three collaborator for Belo Horizonte
Brazil is a large country (190,000,000 inhabitants) , however there were several studies about asthma prevalence since 1970, but all of them had a different methodology and differences in the age of the samples. The studies about allergies prevalence were very scarce.
Minas Gerais State has 20,000,000 inhabitants and Belo Horizonte city, 2,500,000 inhabitants. Apart from teachers listed above, the ISAAC phase 3 team involved 18 medical students. Data collection was partially supported by 1) Federal University of Minas Gerais and 2) Belo Horizonte Municipal Health Authority, that provided cars and drivers to taken medical students and researchers to the randomly selected schools.
ISAAC phase 3 at Belo Horizonte protocol generated 1) part of two PhD thesis and apart from studies authored by Prof. Dirceu Solé, 2) two other papers as listed below:
- Alvim, Cristina Goncalves ; Picinin, Isabela Mendonca ; Camargos, Paulo Moreira ; COLOSIMO, Enrico ; Lasmar, Laura Belizario ; Ibiapina, Cassio Cunha ; Fontes, Maria Jussara ; Andrade, Claudia Ribeiro . Quality of Life in Asthmatic Adolescents: An Overall Evaluation of Disease Control. The Journal of Asthma, v. 46, p. 186-190, 2009.
- ANDRADE, Cláudia Ribeiro de ; IBIAPINA, Cássio da Cunha ; ALVIM, Cristina Gonçalves ; FONTES, Maria Jussara Fernandes ; LASMAR, Laura Maria de Lima Belizário Facury ; CAMARGOS, P. A. M. . Asthma and allergic rhinitis comorbidity: a cross-sectional questionnaire study on adolescents aged 13-14 years. Primary Care Respiratory Journal, v. 17, p. 222-225, 2008.
