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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 ...
Survival and Physical Growth in Infancy and Early Childhood Study of Birth Weight and Gestational Age in a Guatemalan Indian Village
(1975-05)
Many factors contribute independently
or jointly to the cause and
pathogenesis of low birth weight. Attempts
to identify these factors in a
given population, however, are usually
unsuccessful, and conclusions ...
Magnitude and impact of diarrhoeal disease
(1988-12)
Diarrhoea seems to be a minor problem in humans and other mammals
living in small, isolated tribes or groups. Under such conditions there is
limited, if any, introduction of pathogenic agents and, if agents are ...
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 ...
Cryptosporidium diarrhea in costarican children
(1986)
Coccidian parasites of the genus Cryptosporidium cause acute diarrhea in many vertebrates, including man. Recent reviews on the subject [1-5] were stimulated by demonstration of a chronic, debilitating and generally fatal ...
Epidemia de infección respiratoria aguda observaciones hospitalarias
(1985)
Se describe la clínica, tratamiento y complicaciones de 81 niños lactantes con infección respiratoria aguda. Los niños provenían del cantón central de San José y fueron admitidos en el Hospital Nacional de Niños del 10 de ...
Antenatal events and postnatal growth and survival of children in a rural Guatemalan village
(Annals of human biology, 1976, VOL. 3, NO. 4, 303-315, 1976-07-03)
The biological features of all pregnant women and newborn
infants in a typical rural village of Guatemala have been studied
from 1964 to the present; 458 pregnancies have been analysed. The
mothers averaged 143'1 em in ...
Erradicación de helmintos intestinales en Costa Rica
(1985)
In order to assess possible changes in prevalence of intestinal helminthiasis
in Costa Rica, which could be related to the marked socioeconomic improvement
of the country in the 1960's and 1970's, a national survey was ...
AIDS in Costa Rica: Estimates for 1990-1994 by the quadratic and other simple equations
(1990)
The 1990-1994 projections of the AIDS epidemic in Costa Rica were calculated using five equations: linear, exponential, logarithmic, power and quadratic. The quadratic and power equations gave he best fit. The quadratic ...