Acta Scientiarum. Health Sciences, ISSN 1679-9291 (print) and ISSN 1807-8648 (on-line) is published two times a year by the State University of Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil. The journal publishes original papers in Health Sciences, such as Clinical Analyses; Physical Education, Nursing, Pharmacy; Pharmacology, Phoniatry and Audiology, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy, Medicine, Nutrition, Dentistry and Public Health Policies.

Aims: To establish the public inscription of knowledge and its preservation; To publish results of research comprising ideas and new scientific suggestions; To publicize worldwide information and knowledge produced by the scientific community; To speech the process of scientific communication in Health Sciences. 

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