**EPIDEMIOLOGY INSIGHTS**

Edited by **Maria de Lourdes Ribeiro de Souza da Cunha** 

http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/2541 Edited by Maria de Lourdes Ribeiro de Souza da Cunha

#### **Contributors**

Zelalem Yilma, Maria De Lourdes Ribeiro De Souza Da Cunha, André Martins, Boris Lapin, Katarzyna Kalinowska, Zahra Mozaheb, Maira Aguiar, Bob W. Kooi, Nico Stollenwerk, Annett Kuschel, Cisterna, Astrid Helga Paulitsch-Fuchs, Antonio Condino-Neto, Paolo Ruggero Errante, Reha Bayar, Nese Kocabasoglu, Gul Karacetin, Turkay Demir, Blair Ortiz Giraldo, José William Cornejo Ochoa, Lucía Blazicevich, Massimo Mirandola, Nagafumi Doi, Yoko Hoshi, Yun-Hee Choi, Nuno Santos, Virgílio Almeida, Margarida Correia-Neves, Christian Gortazar, Patrícia Yoshida Faccioli-Martins, Mariana Fávero Bonesso

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