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Dóra Chor is affiliated with the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation in Brazil and has contributed extensively to medical research with a focus on public health. Their work encompasses a variety of topics primarily within medicine, with a substantial emphasis on chronic disease management, health disparities, and nutritional studies.

The scientist's research spans several main fields of study, including:

  • Medicine

Within medicine, Chor has made contributions in several subfields, notably:

  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • General Health Professions
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Sociology and Political Science

The main topics addressed throughout their published work include:

  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Chronic Disease Management Strategies
  • Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
  • Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
  • Employment and Welfare Studies

Dóra Chor has contributed to numerous papers, including the following recent publications:

  • Ultra-processed foods, changes in blood pressure and incidence of hypertension: the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil), 2021, Public Health Nutrition
  • Polypharmacy, socioeconomic indicators and number of diseases: results from ELSA-Brasil, 2020, Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia
  • Sex differences in the association between self-reported sleep duration, insomnia symptoms and cardiometabolic risk factors: cross-sectional findings from Brazilian longitudinal study of adult health, 2020, Archives of Public Health
  • Racial inequality, racial discrimination and obesity incidence in adults from the ELSA-Brasil cohort, 2021, Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
  • Racial inequalities in multimorbidity: baseline of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil), 2022, BMC Public Health

The scientist frequently publishes in several academic venues, including:

  • Cadernos de Saúde Pública
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Ciência & Saúde Coletiva
  • Diabetic Medicine
  • Poster presentations

Regular collaborative authors include:

  • Sandhi Maria Barreto
  • Rosane Härter Griep
  • Luana Giatti
  • Maria de Jesus Mendes da Fonseca
  • Enirtes Caetano Prates Melo

Best Publications

  • Chronic non-communicable diseases in Brazil: burden and current challenges.

    Maria Inês Schmidt;Bruce Bartholow Duncan;Gulnar Azevedo e Silva;Ana Maria Menezes

  • Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil): objectives and design.

    Estela M. L Aquino;Sandhi Maria Barreto;Isabela M Benseñor;Marília Sá Carvalho

  • Doenças crônicas não transmissíveis no Brasil: carga e desafios atuais

    Maria Inês Schmidt;Bruce Bartholow Duncan;Gulnar Azevedo e Silva Mendonça;Ana Maria Baptista Menezes

  • Cohort Profile: Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil)

    Maria Inês Schmidt;Bruce B Duncan;José Geraldo Mill;Paulo A Lotufo

  • Versão resumida da "job stress scale": adaptação para o português

    Márcia Guimarães de Mello Alves;Dóra Chor;Eduardo Faerstein;Claudia de S Lopes

  • Doenças crônicas não transmissíveis no Brasil: prioridade para enfrentamento e investigação

    Bruce Bartholow Duncan;Dora Chor;Estela Maria Motta Lima Leão de Aquino;Isabela Judith Martins Benseñor

  • Construct validity of the Medical Outcomes Study's social support scale adapted to Portuguese in the Pró-Saúde Study

    Rosane Harter Griep;Dóra Chor;Eduardo Faerstein;Guilherme L. Werneck;Guilherme L. Werneck

  • [Social network and social support measures from the Pró-Saúde Study: pre-tests and pilot study].

    Dóra Chor;Rosane Harter Griep;Claudia S. Lopes;Eduardo Faerstein

  • Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment and Influence of Socioeconomic Variables on Control of High Blood Pressure: Results of the ELSA-Brasil Study.

    Dora Chor;Antônio Luiz Pinho Ribeiro;Marilia Sá Carvalho;Bruce Bartholow Duncan

  • Ultra-processed foods, incident overweight and obesity, and longitudinal changes in weight and waist circumference: the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil)

    Scheine Leite Canhada;Scheine Leite Canhada;Vivian Cristine Luft;Luana Giatti;Bruce Bartholow Duncan;Bruce Bartholow Duncan

  • Epidemiologic aspects of racial inequalities in health in Brazil

    Dóra Chor;Claudia Risso de Araujo Lima

  • [Validity of self-reported weight and height and the body mass index within the "Pró-saúde" study].

    Maria de Jesus Mendes da Fonseca;Eduardo Faerstein;Dóra Chor;Claudia S Lopes

  • Self-rated Health Compared With Objectively Measured Health Status as a Tool for Mortality Risk Screening in Older Adults: 10-Year Follow-up of the Bambuí Cohort Study of Aging

    Maria Fernanda Lima-Costa;Cibele C. Cesar;Dora Chor;Fernando A. Proietti

  • Questionario do ELSA-Brasil: desafios na elaboracao de instrumento multidimensional

    Dóra Chor;Márcia Guimarães de Mello Alves;Luana Giatti;Nágela Valadão Cade

  • Chronic kidney disease among adult participants of the ELSA-Brasil cohort: association with race and socioeconomic position

    Sandhi M Barreto;Roberto M Ladeira;Bruce B Duncan;Maria Ines Schmidt

  • Qualidade da atenção ao parto em maternidades do Rio de Janeiro

    Eleonora D'Orsi;Dora Chor;Karen Mary Giffin;Antonia Angulo-Tuesta

  • The Brazilian version of the effort-reward imbalance questionnaire to assess job stress

    Dóra Chor;Guilherme Loureiro Werneck;Eduardo Faerstein;Márcia Guimarães de Mello Alves

  • Apoio social: confiabilidade teste-reteste de escala no Estudo Pró-Saúde

    Rosane Harter Griep;Dóra Chor;Eduardo Faerstein;Cláudia Lopes

  • [Stressful life events and common mental disorders: results of the Pro-Saude Study].

    Claudia S. Lopes;Eduardo Faerstein;Dóra Chor

  • Enfermedades crónica no transmisibles en Brasil: prioridad para enfrentar e investigar

    Bruce Bartholow Duncan;Dóra Chor;Estela M L Aquino;Isabela M Bensenor

  • Aspectos epidemiológicos das desigualdades raciais em saúde no Brasil Epidemiologic aspects of racial inequalities in health in Brazil

    Dóra Chor;Claudia Risso de Araujo

Frequent Co-Authors

Eduardo Faerstein
Eduardo Faerstein Rio de Janeiro State University
Claudia S. Lopes
Claudia S. Lopes Rio de Janeiro State University
Maria Inês Schmidt
Maria Inês Schmidt Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Marilia Sá Carvalho
Marilia Sá Carvalho Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Ricardo Ventura Santos
Ricardo Ventura Santos Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Beatriz Grinsztejn
Beatriz Grinsztejn Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Sarah A. Burgard
Sarah A. Burgard University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Andrew H. Kemp
Andrew H. Kemp Swansea University
Ana V. Diez Roux
Ana V. Diez Roux Drexel University
Evandro Silva Freire Coutinho
Evandro Silva Freire Coutinho Rio de Janeiro State University

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