3, 4 This distinction is important in our understanding of the role of GH in the development and maintenance of cardiovascular risk factors, and may have therapeutic implications.
Some evidence of the maintenance of protective risk factors such as high parity has been observed among Ashkenazi women in São Paulo.
The study confirms associations between participation and marital and socioeconomic status, and maintenance of increased risk of death for nonparticipants even many years after the surveys.
The more sensitive screening protocol combined with treatment of detected cases may ensure the maintenance of minimum risk of local transmission of M. tuberculosis and contribute in global efforts to control this public health menace.
However, this has not happened in Brazil due to do the maintenance of the risk factors for acquiring this protozoal infection: low sanitation, feeding habits, contact with cats, contact with contamined soil, drinking beverages prepares unboiled water, consumption of municipal or uncontrolled water [ 18, 19, 22] and T. gondii virulence [ 15].
With improved asset management, effective preventive maintenance of high-risk pipes will further reduce the number of leaks and water quality incidents.
Moreover, community participation and control are essential for successful implementation, orientation, and maintenance of any disaster risk reduction project (Habiba and Shaw 2012).
Maintenance of a high risk strategy on the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) reflects sustained engagement of a particular behavior despite ongoing evidence that it is dysfunctional.
However, MAT has many disadvantages including time-consuming, tedious maintenance of live Leptospira, risk of cross-contaminations and hazardous to workers because of the exposure to live bacteria [ 6].
