Gerontology & Geriatric Research

Rubens Belfort Jr

Publications

• Commentary
  The New Challenge: The Aging Process in the Brazilian Amazonia
  Author(s): Henrique Schroeder Coelho, Poliana de Andrade, Juliana de Souza Almeida Aranha Camargo, Sergio de Almeida Basano, Ricardo Godoi Mattos Ferreira, Mariana de Andrade Coelho, Rubens Belfort Jr, Leandro Diehl, Pedro Gordan, Antonio Sergio Ferraudo and Luís Marcelo Aranha CamargoHenrique Schroeder Coelho, Poliana de Andrade, Juliana de Souza Almeida Aranha Camargo, Sergio de Almeida Basano, Ricardo Godoi Mattos Ferreira, Mariana de Andrade Coelho, Rubens Belfort Jr, Leandro Diehl, Pedro Gordan, Antonio Sergio Ferraudo and Luís Marcelo Aranha Camargo
  
  There are few studies on the aging process in Brazil but no one focusing on the Brazilian Amazonia. In order to gain information about this issue, the University of Sao Paulo Research Unit in the state of Rondonia investigated the health status of more than 90% of the 412 elders over 59 years living in the urban area of Monte Negro city (63º22´W, 13°44´S). To this purpose, a cross-sectional study was done in July 2013, plus a review of all the death certificates of Monte Negro´s citizens between 2002-2011. These are preliminary results of cohort study that will follow up this group for the next 10 years. The initial results are shocking. Males accounted for 50.1% of the sample. Only 3.4% were born in the Amazon region and 48.6% were from Southeastern Brazil having arrived in Rondonia in the early seventies. More than 45% have never attended school. Regarding.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2167-7182.1000200

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