• Impact of long term policies based on social determinants of health: the Costa Rican experience 

      Morice Trejos, Ana; Robles Soto, Arodys (2011)
      The consolidation of Democracy and the abolition of the army in Costa Rica at the end of the 1950s, instituted in the Political Constitution, led to the decision to prioritize the investment of public resources in the ...
    • Origins of health inequalities: the case for Allostatic Load 

      Delpierre, Cyrille; Barboza Solís, Cristina; Torrisani, Jerome; Darnaudéry, Muriel; Bartley, Melanie; Blane, David; Kelly-Irving, Michelle; Getz, Linn; Tomasdottir, Margret Olafia; Roberston, Tony; Gustafsson, Per E. (2016)
      n an opening paper Cyrille Delpierre, Cristina Barbosa-Solis, Jerome Torrisani, Muriel Darnaudery, Melanie Bartley, David Blane and Michelle Kelly-Irving explore the concept of Allostatic Load as a way of examining health ...
    • Polyspecific Antivenom Liquid 

      Instituto Clodomiro Picado (2013-07-19)
      The Polyspecific antivenom is effective in envenomations induced by African viperid and some elapid snakes. It is not effective in envenomations by mambas and neurotoxic cobras.
    • Socio-economic status and health awareness are associated with choice of cooking oil in Costa Rica 

      Colón Ramos, Uriyoán; Kabagambe, Edmond K.; Baylin, Ana; Ascherio, Alberto; Campos Núñez, Hannia; Peterson, Karen E. (2007)
      Objective To examine the socio-economic and lifestyle determinants of cooking oil choice in Costa Rica during the last decade (1994–2004). Design Cross-sectional study. Subjects (total n = 2274) belonged to the control ...