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Tabaquismo en la mujer costarricense, 1984-85
(1987)
En este artículo se analizan los resultados de una encuesta con representatividad nacional de 870 mujeres costarricenses de 25 a 59 años de edad, entrevistadas entre 1984 y 1985.
El 14 por ciento de las entrevistadas ...
Seroprevalence of human T-Lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) in Costa Rica
(1990)
Infection within the human T linphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I), a virus associated with two diseases, adult T-cell leukemia lyriphornal and tropical spastic paraparesis/HTLV-I associated myelopathy,2 is prevalent in Panama' ...
A case-control study of breast cancer and hormonal contraception in Costa Rica
(1987)
By 1981, 11% of married women in Costa Rica ages
20-49 years had used depot-medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA)
and 58% had used oral contraceptives (OCs). Since 1977, the
Costa Rican Ministry of Health has maintained a ...
Screening practices for cervical and breast cáncer in Costa Rica
(1991)
Cervical cancer and breast cancer are leading causes of cancer-related morbidity and
mortality in Costa Rica. This article reports results of an evaluation of cervical and
breast cancer screening practices among Costa ...
Seroepidemiology of Chlamydia in Costa Rica
(1990)
A population-based study of the sero-epidemiology of chlamydia was performed among a nationally representative sample of 760 Costa Rican women aged 25 to 59 years. Interviews and sera collection were completed between ...
Susceptibilidad al tétanos y rubeola de las mujeres de Costa Rica, 1984-1985
(1988)
Se documenta por primera vez en Costa Rica, el nivel
de susceptibilidad al tétanos y la rubéola en la
población femenina costarricense entre los 25 y 29
años.
Se encuestó a 805 de las mujeres (93%) que
conformaban la ...
Prevalencia de enfermedades de transmisión sexual en las mujeres de Costa Rica
(1990)
Pocos estudios han descrito Ia epidemiología de las infecciones por enfermedades de transmisión sexual (ETS) basándose en muestras serológicas representativas de Ia población en general y no solo en grupos selectos de ...
A Population-based Serosurveillance of Syphilis in Costa Rica
(1991-04)
As part of a case-control study to investigate the high incidence of cervical cancer in Costa Rican women, the seroprevalence of the treponematoses, in particular, syphilis was determined. In each age group, women with a ...
Reproductive history and breast cancer in a population of high fertility, Costa Rica, 1984-85
(1987)
The relationship between breast cancer and women's reproductive history in Costa Rica was analyzed using logistic regression methods on data from 171 breast cancer cases and 826 population-based controls aged 25–58 years. ...
Oral Contraceptives and Cervical Cancer Risk in Costa Rica: Detection Bias or Causal Association
(1988-01)
To examine the relationship between cervical cancer and oral contraceptive
(OC) use, we analyzed data from a population-based, case-control study in
Costa Rica. Women aged 25 to 58 years in whom cervical cancer was ...