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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 ...
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 ...
Infections and infectious diseases in a malnourished population: a long-term prospective field study
(1977)
The importance of infectious disease and its
role in the shaping of the history of mankind
has been recognized since Biblical times.
Pestilences were recorded in many classical
books, while most religions developed ...
Effect of infection on food intake and the nutritional state: perspectives as viewed from the viIlage
(1977)
Data from a prospective study of a Guatemalan village population revealed an
exceedingly high force of infection which may affect nutrition and growth from gestation onward.
Maternal morbidity was higher and fetal antigenic ...
Conocimientos sobre el SIDA en un tugurio y un campamento de refugiados de Costa Rica
(1988)
Se realizó una encuesta a mediados de 1988 en
dos localidades con población marginada: un
campamento de refugiados nicaragüenses y un
tugurio periurbano. En ambas localidades se
seleccionó una muestra representativa ...
Umbilical Cord Immunoglobulins and Fetal Maturity: Neonates in a Guatemalan Indian Village
(1977)
During a 9-year prospectivestudy in a Mayan Indian village (1), umbilical
cord blood was collected by untrained midwivesfrom most newborns. Specimens
mixed with maternal blood were screened according to their ratios ...
Cambios culturales y nutricionales en Costa Rica
(1976)
EI oscuro panorama que se presenta
ante la posibilidad de lograr
soIucionesa los problemas mundiales
de alimentos, energia y agotamiento
y contaminaci6n del ambients
influye cualquier intento de discutir
y abo rda r ...
Viral infections during pregnancy and in early life
(1977-11)
There is evidence that fetal antigenic stimulation and intrauterine infection is
much more frequent in developing rural populations than in industrialized societies. A similar
contrast is observed for postnatal intestinal ...
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 ...
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 ...