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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 ...
Actividad sexual prematrimonial en Costa Rica: incidencia, tendencias y determinantes
Premarital Sex in Costa Rica: Incidence, Trends and Determinants
(1991)
Según un modelo de riesgo en que se utilizaron datos retrospectivos de una muestra nacional de mujeres costarricenses de entre 15 y 24 años entrevistadas en 1986, cada año aproximadamente el 10 por ciento de las mujeres ...
Longer leukocyte telomere length in Costa Rica's Nicoya Peninsula: A population-based study
(2013)
Studies in humans suggest that leukocyte telomere length may act as a marker of biological aging. We investigated whether individuals in the Nicoya region of Costa Rica, known for exceptional longevity, had longer telomere ...
Amerindian ancestry and extended longevity in Nicoya, Costa Rica
(2018-01)
Objectives: The aim of this study was to address the hypothesis that Amerindian
ancestry is associated with extended longevity in the admixed population of Nicoya,
Costa Rica. The Nicoya Peninsula of Costa Rica has been ...
X-ray screening seems to reduce gastric cancer mortality by half in a community-controlled trial in Costa Rica
(British Journal of Cancer 97, p. 837 – 843, 2007-10-02)
X-ray screening of gastric cancer is broadly used in Japan, although no controlled trial has proved its effectiveness. This study evaluates the impact of an X-ray screening demonstrative intervention to reduce gastric ...
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' ...
Self-reported versus performance-based measures of physical function: prognostic value for survival
(2014)
Background: Although previous studies have indicated that performance assessments strongly predict future survival, few have evaluated the incremental value in the presence of controls for self-reported activity and mobility ...
Infant mortality and birth rates
(1994-12)
It has been suggested that decreasing infant
mortality is a prerequisite for decreasing birth
rates and the experience in several countries
shows that decreasing infant mortality rates
are indeed followed by declining ...
Spatial access to health care in Costa Rica and its equity: a GIS-based study
(2004-04)
This study assembles a geographic information system (GIS) to relate the 2000 census population (demand) with an inventory of health facilities (supply). It assesses the equity in access to health care by Costa Ricans and ...