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Herpes simplex virus type 2 antibodies: high prevelence in monogamous women in Costa Rica
(1989-08)
We studied the prevalence of antibody to Herpes simplex virus types 1 and
2 (HSV-1 and HSV-2) in 766 randomly selected Costa Rican women 25-59 years of age
in a national household survey in 1984-1985. Overall, 97.1% were ...
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 ...
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' ...
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 ...
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 ...
The effect of using different reference dates for control exposure measurement on relative risk estimates in a case-control study
(1993-05)
In case-control studies in which case and control enrollment periods are not identical, exposure status for time-dependent variables is often measured relative to a reference date. Using data from a case-control study of ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
Sexual Behavior, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, and Risk of Cervical Cancer
(1995-03-14)
To explore sexually transmitted diseases and sexual behavior as risk factors for cervical cancer, we analyzed data from a population-based case-control study of breast and cervical cancer in Costa Rica. Data from 415 cases ...