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Obesidad, envejecimiento y mortalidad en Costa Rica
(2009)
El incremento en la prevalencia de la obesidad en el mundo ha despertado el interés de investigadores y gran público debido a la asociación del exceso de grasa corporal con ciertas enfermedades degenerativas (Popkin, 2006). ...
Natural history of viruses of the intestine in contrasting ecosystems: implications for health
(1987)
Many different viruses have the capacity for infecting and replicating in
micro-habitats of the intestinal tract. Eons of interaction between intestinal
viruses and the intestinal mucosa have lead to a variety of ...
Mortalidad por infección respiratoria aguda en Costa Rica
(1985)
La infección respiratoria es de importancia mundial por la alta morbilidad y mortalidad que causa. Se ha estimado que anualmente mueren 2,2 millones par infección respiratoria aguda. Este problema, importante en los países ...
Cryptosporidium diarrhea in costarican children
(1986)
Coccidian parasites of the genus Cryptosporidium cause acute diarrhea in many vertebrates, including man. Recent reviews on the subject [1-5] were stimulated by demonstration of a chronic, debilitating and generally fatal ...
Breast-feeding, weaning and the diarrhoeal syndrome in a Guatemalan Indian village
(Ciba Foundation Symposium 42 (new series) published July 1976 by Elsevier/Excerpta Medica/North-Holland. pp.311-338., 1976)
Prospective studies in Mayan Indian children living in their natural setting were carried out from 1964 through 1974; observations began at birth and extended at least throughout the first three years of life. Adequate ...
The control and prevention of diarrheal diseases at the national level
(1986)
Dr. Rohde told us this morning that diarrhea and poor diet interact in a vicious circle leading to malnutrition and frequently maiming and killing infants and young children. It appears certain that diarrhea has deleterious ...
The Environment of the Malnourished Child
(1976)
The study of the relation of man to his environment in developing countries
emphasizes the inevitable need for societies to recognize the true causes of
infection, malnutrition, and poverty. The need is for improvement ...
Problems in implementing newborn screening in Costa Rica
(1987)
In Costa Rica, concern for public education early in this century, together with specific public health actions in the early 1970's, have resulted in fairly good control of infectious and nutritional diseases. As a ...
La lutte contre les maladies diarrhéiques, le cas du Costa Rica
(1985)
Le taux de mortalite infantile du Costa Rica est recemment tombs a 18 p. 1000,
devenant ainsi l'un des plus faible du Tiers monde. Dans cet extraordinaire progres, la
reduction des maladies diarrheiques a joue un role ...
Infant mortality and birth rates
(1994-12)
It has been suggested that decreasing infant
mortality is a prerequisite for decreasing birth
rates and the experience in several countries
shows that decreasing infant mortality rates
are indeed followed by declining ...