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Physiological wear-and-tear and later subjective health in mid-life: Findings from the 1958 British birth cohort
(2016)
Our body adapts continuously to environmental challenges and stressful conditions. Allostatic load (AL) is a concept that aims to capture the overall physiological wear-and-tear of the body triggered by the repeated ...
Características sociodemográficas asociadas a la prevalencia del consumo de tabaco en Costa Rica
(2020)
Objetivo. Determinar las asociaciones existentes entre las características sociodemográficas y la prevalencia
del consumo actual de tabaco en Costa Rica, según los resultados de la Encuesta Global de Tabaquismo en
Adultos ...
Adverse childhood experiences and physiological wear-and-tear in midlife: Findings from the 1958 British birth cohort
(2015)
Allostatic load (AL) is a measure of overall physiological wear-and-tear over the life course, which could partially be the consequence of early life exposures. AL could allow a better understanding of the potential ...
Social gradient in cancer incidence in Costa Rica: Findings from a national population-based cancer registry
(2020)
Background: The main evidence regarding social inequalities in cancer risk comes from industrialized countries. The aim of this manuscript was to analyze the association between cancer incidence and socioeconomic position ...
Measuring Socioeconomic Position From The Social Inequalities In Health Perspective?: The Case of Costa Rica
¿Cómo medir la posición socioeconómica en el marco de las inequidades sociales de salud?: El caso de Costa Rica
(2019-05-20)
Introduction: Measuring socioeconomic position (SEP) is central in the analysis of social inequalities in health (SIH). It requires the use of updated instruments, adapted to a particular conceptual framework, taking into ...
Mediating pathways between parental socio-economic position and allostatic load in mid-life: Findings from the 1958 British birth cohort
(2016)
Understanding how human environments affect our health by “getting under the skin” and penetrating the cells, organs and physiological systems of our bodies is a key tenet in public health research. Here, we examine the ...
Social inequalities in cancer survival: A population-based study using the Costa Rican Cancer Registry
(2020)
Background: Social inequalities in survival after cancer diagnosis have been described in several high-income
countries, all cancer sites combined and for several specific cancer sites. The objective of this study was ...
Les adversités durant l’enfance et la charge allostatique à l’âge adulte : résultats de la cohorte de naissances britannique de 1958
(2016-04-01)
Introduction: La charge allostatique (CA) est une mesure de l’usure physiologique globale qui pourrait être en partie le résultat des expositions précoces de la vie. La CA pourrait permettre de mieux comprendre les chemins ...
Defunciones por COVID-19: Distribución por edad y universalidad de la cobertura médica en 22 países
COVID-19 deaths: Distribution by age and universal medical coverage in 22 countries
Mortes por COVID-19: Distribuição por idade e universalidade da cobertura médica em 22 países
(2021-04-22)
Objetivo. Relacionar la distribución etaria estandarizada de las defunciones por COVID-19 en 22 países americanos y europeos, con diferentes indicadores de las características de las poblaciones y de los sistemas de salud. ...
Las inequidades de esperanza de vida según la provincia de nacimiento en Costa Rica entre 2013 y 2017
(2020)
Introducción. El objetivo de este estudio es determinar si existen inequidades de esperanza de
vida en Costa Rica, en función de la provincia de nacimiento y el sexo, entre 2013 y 2017. Se valora el rol de
las muertes ...