Barros, A. J., and V. N. Hirakata. “Alternatives for Logistic Regression in Cross-Sectional Studies: An Empirical Comparison of Models That Directly Estimate the Prevalence Ratio.” BMC Medical Research Methodology 3 (2003): 21. doi:10.1186/1471-2288-3-21 1471-2288-3-21 [pii].

Carvalho, Paulo, Gabriel Grossman, Roberto Ludwig, Cesar Santos, Ilo Baptista, Vania Hirakata, Daniel Lemke, Janaina Moraes, and Eduardo Ludwig. “Comparison between LVEF at Rest and after Stress in the Setting of Diagnostic MPS for CAD: Risk Stratification for Cardiac Events in a 6-Year Follow-up Study.” J NUCL MED MEETING ABSTRACTS 50, no. 2_MeetingAbstracts (1, 2009): 1169. http://jnumedmtg.snmjournals.org/cgi/content/meeting_abstract/50/2_MeetingAbstracts/1169?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=carvalho&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&volume=50&issue=Supplement+2&resourcetype=HWCIT.

Cassol, Vitor E., Tiago M. Rizzato, Stefania P. Teche, Débora F. Basso, Vânia N. Hirakata, Martín Maldonado, Elisângela Colpo, and Dirceu Solé. “Prevalence and Severity of Asthma among Adolescents and Their Relationship with the Body Mass Index.” Jornal de Pediatria 81, no. 4 (July 2005): 305–9. doi:doi:10.2223/JPED.1366.

Cassol, Vitor Emanuel, Tiago Morales Rizzato, Stefania Pigatto Teche, Débora Fernanda Basso, Diogo Ferrari Centenaro, Martín Maldonado, Eliane Zenir Colpo Moraes, Vânia Hirakata, Dirceu Solé, and Sérgio Saldanha Menna-Barreto. “Obesity and Its Relationship with Asthma Prevalence and Severity in Adolescents from Southern Brazil.” Journal of Asthma 43, no. 1 (January 2006): 57–60. doi:Article.

CM Jarque, and AK Bera. “A Test for Normality of Observations and Regression Residuals.” International Statistical Review 55, no. 2 (August 1987): 163–72. http://www.jstor.org/stable/1403192.

Heldt, E., G.G. Manfro, L. Kipper, C. Blaya, S. Maltz, L. Isolan, V.N. Hirakata, and M.W. Otto. “Treating Medication-Resistant Panic Disorder: Predictors and Outcome of Cognitive-Behavior Therapy in a Brazilian Public Hospital.” Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics 72, no. 1 (2003): 43–48. http://www.karger.com/DOI/10.1159/000067188.

Morsch, Cássia, Elisabeth Thomé, Daniel Farias, Vânia Hirakata, Fernando Saldanha Thomé, and Elvino Barros. “Avaliação Dos Indicadores Assistenciais de Pacientes Em Hemodiálise No Sul Do Brasil.” JORNAL BRASILEIRO DE NEFROLOGIA 30, no. 2 (2008): 120–25. http://www.jbn.org.br/detalhe_artigo.asp?id=70.

Pechansky, Flavio, Vania Hirakata, and David Metzger. “Adaptation and Validation of a Questionnaire about Risk Behaviors for AIDS among Drug Users.” Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria, 2002.

Pechansky, Flavio, James A Inciardi, Hilary Surratt, Ana Flávia BS Lima, Félix P Kessler, Mauro Soibelman, and Vânia Hirakata. “Estudo Sobre as Características de Usuários de Drogas Injetáveis Que Buscam Atendimento Em Porto Alegre, RS.” Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria, 2000.

Pechansky, Flavio, Lisia von Diemen, Felix Kessler, Vania Hirakata, David Metzger, and George Woody. “Preliminary Estimates of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Prevalence and Incidence among Cocaine Abusers of Porto Alegre, Brazil.” Journal of Urban Health 80, no. 1 (March 1, 2003): 115–26. doi:10.1093/jurban/jtg115.

Picon, Patrícia, Gabriel J C Gauer, Vânia N Hirakata, Lourdes M Haggsträm, Deborah C Beidel, Samuel M Turner, and Gisele G Manfro. “Reliability of the Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory (SPAI) Portuguese Version in a Heterogeneous Sample of Brazilian University Students.” Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria, 2005. doi:10.1590/S1516-44462005000200010.

Rabin, Eliane G., Elizeth Heldt, V�nia N. Hirakata, and Marcelo P. Fleck. “Quality of Life Predictors in Breast Cancer Women.” European Journal of Oncology Nursing 12, no. 1 (2008): 53–57. doi:doi: DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2007.06.003.

Schwartzhaupt, Alexandre W., Diogo R. Lara, V�nia N. Hirakata, Alice Schuch, Ellen Almeida, Leonardo Silveira, Marco A.K. Caldieraro, and Marcelo P. Fleck. “Does Caffeine Change the Effect of Sleep Deprivation on Moderate to Severe Depressed Patients?” Journal of Affective Disorders 112, no. 1–3 (January 2009): 279–83. doi:doi: DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2008.04.015.

Terra, Luciana, Simone Hauck, Ana Paula Fillipon, Patricia Sanchez, Vania Hirakata, Sidnei Schestatsky, and Lucia H. Ceitlin. “Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Parental Bonding Instrument in a Brazilian Female Population.” Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 43, no. 4 (2009): 348–54. doi:10.1080/00048670902721053.

Travi, Giovanni M., Bruce M. Schnall, Sharon S. Lehman, Christopher J. Kelly, Denise Hug, V�nia N. Hirakata, and Joseph H. Calhoun. “Visual Outcome and Success of Amblyopia Treatment in Unilateral Small Posterior Lens Opacities and Lenticonus Initially Treated Nonsurgically.” Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus 9, no. 5 (2005): 449–54. doi:doi: DOI: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2005.06.001.

Trentini, Clarissa Marceli, Eduardo Chachamovich, Michelle Figueiredo, Vânia Naomi Hirakata, and Marcelo Pio de Almeida Fleck. “A Percepção de Qualidade de Vida Do Idoso Avaliada Por Si Próprio E Pelo Cuidador.” Estudos de Psicologia (Natal), 2006.

Trentini, Clarissa Marceli, Flavio Merino de Freitas Xavier, Eduardo Chachamovich, Neusa Sica da Rocha, Vania N Hirakata, and Marcelo Pio de Almeida Fleck. “The Influence of Somatic Symptoms on the Performance of Elders in the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI).” Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria, 2005.

Vânia Naomi Hirakata. “Estudos Transversais E Longitudinais Com Desfechos Binários: Qual a Melhor Medida de Efeito a Ser Utilizada?” Revista HCPA; Vol. 29, No 2 (2009), 2009. http://www.seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/hcpa/article/view/9737.