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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 ...
La etiología viral de las diarreas
(1976)
Durante años, muchos investigadores se
esforzaron por buscar explicaciones etiologicas
de las diarreas denominadas no-bacterianas
0 no-especificas, las cuales presentan
como casos aislados, pequefios brotes 0 ...
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). ...
Giardiasis: Impact on child growth
(1986)
Chronic disorders of the gastrointestinal tract may impair physical growth during infancy and childhood. Growth retardation has been particularly well documented in children with Crohn's disease and coeliac disease in which ...
The Santa María Cauqué Study: Health and survival of Mayan indians under deprivation, Guatemala
(1995)
The study discussed in this chapter is described in detail with multiple photographs, figures, tables and references in the book The Children of Santa Maria Cauqui: A Prospective FieldStudy ofHealth and Growth (Mata, 1978a). ...
The fight against diarrhoeal diseases: The case of Costa Rica
(1985)
Like most developing nations, Costa Rica exhibited a very high morbidity and mortality attributable to diarrhoeal diseases during the first half of this century. Relatively good data on total population and on diarrhoea ...
National cancer registry, 1980-1983
(1988)
Legislation making cancer a notifiable disease
was introduced in Costa Rica in 1976. At the same
time, a National Tumour Registry was established,
and collection of data commenced in March 1977.
The aims of the National ...
Bioética en la experimentación en seres humanos en Costa Rica
(2000)
Uno de los mayores avances de la civilización ha sido la discusión filosófica sobre las intervenciones que el Homo sapiens ha hecho en su propia especie, ya motivado por el afán de mejorarla, ya estimulado por el poder, ...
Factores determinantes de la realizacion de la prueba de VIH en Costa Rica
(2014)
El objetivo de este estudio es dilucidar las características de la población asociadas a que las personas se realicen la prueba de VIH en Costa Rica. La fuente de información utilizada es la Encuesta Nacional de Salud ...
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 ...