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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 ...
Cáncer: Mortalidad e incidencia en Costa Rica
(1986)
Los patrones de morbilidad y mortalidad por cáncer varían considerablemente entre países; sin embargo, las razones para explicar este fenómeno no parecen claras. En algunos casos influyen los servicios de salud, pero la ...
Comparison of sucrose with glucose in oral therapy of infant diarrhea
(The Lancet, 312, 277-279, 1978-08)
In a randomised double-blind trial, 51
5-10% dehydrated infants were rehydrated
with oral electrolyte solutions containing sucrose
or glucose. Most infants in both groups were successfuUy
rehydrated, but the sucrose ...
Natural history of rotavirus infection in the children of Santa Maria Cauque
(Prog Food Nutr Sci 7 p. 167-177, 1983)
A prospective observation of 45 cohort children from birth to three
years of age permitted the collection of 5689 weekly stool specimens,
along with frequent morbidity, dietary and growth data. Specimens
tested by the ...
La Salud en Costa Rica en 1978: Ciencia y Tecnología en un Marco de Prioridades
(Acta Médica Costarricense 22(2): 209-215, 1979)
A principios de 1978, el Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (CONICIT) nombró una Comisión para re-dactar un documento sobre ciencia y tecno-logía en el Sector Salud de Costa Rica. Dicho documento ...
Epidemiologic perspective of diarrheal disease in Costa Rica and current efforts in control, prevention and research
(1981)
This paper shows that mortality due to
diarrheal diseases in Costa Rica began to decline in
the 1940's. After a period of arrest during 1948-1964,
the decline reached a low of 12 deaths per 100,000
population in 1977. ...
Cryptosporidiosis in Venezuelan Children with Acute Diarrhea
(1985-07)
Thirteen of 120 Venezuelan children with acute diarrhea were found to be
excreting Cryptosporidium oocysts in their stools. This confirms that Cryptosporidiurn can
infect immunocompetent children, and the relatively high ...
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 ...
Campaña de educación sobre el SIDA, 1987
(Rev. Cost. Cienc. Méd., 9 (3), 1988, 1988)
Ya en abril de 1987, la epidemia del síndrome
de inmunodeficiencia adquirida (SIDA) en Costa
Rica, aparentaba ser similar a la de los Estados
Unidos de América y otras naciones
industrializadas. Consecuentemente, ...