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Efficacy comparison of oral rehydration solutions containing either 90 or 75 millimoles of sodium per liter
(1987-02-01)
In a randomized trial, 62 infants 2 to 35 months of age with dehydration due to acute watery diarrhea were allocated to one of two groups: group A received solution A (World Health Organization-recommended oral rehydration ...
How harmful is diarrhoea?
(1986-04)
Apart from the physical suffering and deaths that they
cause at the individual and family level, diarrhoeal diseases
also play a negative role in national development
The serotonin transporter 5-HTTPR polymorphism is associated with current and lifetime depression in persons with chronic psychotic disorders
(Acta Psychiatr Scand 2009: 119: 117–127, 2009-01-11)
Objective: Variation in the serotonin transporter gene (SLC6A4)
promoter region has been shown to influence depression in persons
who have been exposed to a number of stressful life events.
Method: We evaluated whether ...
Ancestry Informative Markers Clarify the Regional Admixture Variation in the Costa Rican Population
(Human Biology Open Access Pre-Prints. Paper 34., 2013-10-09)
Study for the first time a random sample from all regions of the country with AIMS (Ancestry Informative Markers) to address the individual and regional admixture proportions. A sample of 160 male individuals was screened ...
Diagnosis of Schizophrenia in Latino Populations. A Comparison of Direct Interview and Consensus Based Multi-Source Methods
(Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 2009;197: 530–535, 2009-07)
We determined the rates of agreement between diagnoses, using
the Diagnostic Interview for Genetic Studies (DIGS) and diagnoses arrived
at, using additional sources of information, to establish whether there are
differences ...
Caracterización de un grupo de pacientes con esquizofrenia en el Valle Central de Costa Rica
(AMC, vol 50 (3), julio-setiembre 2008, 2008)
La esquizofrenia es una enfermedad crónica con importantes
repercusiones sociales que afecta al 1% de la población mundial. Se describe las características de la esquizofrenia en una muestra de pacientes del Valle Central ...
Public health implications of low birth weight
(1977)
The present paper interpets the significance of anthropometric data of newborns
from a typical Indian village of Guatemala and from the general population of Costa
Rica. A good correlation exists between a deficient fetal ...
Consideraciones sobre la desnutrición en Centro América, con especial referencia a Costa Rica
(1976)
El presente trabajo analiza ciertos conceptos referentes a la situación nutricional de Costa Rica y con menos énfasis del resto de Centro América, con base en la información disponible. Se ha tratado de describir los ...
Campaña de educación sobre el SIDA, 1987
(Rev. Cost. Cienc. Méd., 9 (3), 1988, 1988)
Ya en abril de 1987, la epidemia del síndrome
de inmunodeficiencia adquirida (SIDA) en Costa
Rica, aparentaba ser similar a la de los Estados
Unidos de América y otras naciones
industrializadas. Consecuentemente, ...
Guía de información: Serpientes de Costa Rica y prevención de mordeduras
Iwa jer kuaklä. Tkäbe tso Costa Rica ska tkäbe te sa shkawe wätkewaklä
(2013-07-17)
Material realizado para la comunidad indígena cabécar con información actualizada sobre las serpientes venenosas de Costa Rica, prevención y tratamiento adecuado a seguir en caso de una mordedura de serpiente venenosa.