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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. ...
The control and prevention of diarrheal diseases at the national level
(1986)
Dr. Rohde told us this morning that diarrhea and poor diet interact in a vicious circle leading to malnutrition and frequently maiming and killing infants and young children. It appears certain that diarrhea has deleterious ...
Criptosporidiosis in children from some highland costa rican rural and urban areas
(The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 32(1):24-29, 1984)
This report summarizes both a prospective study of diarrhea in cohorts of
rural children in their natural ecosystem, and a vertical study of diarrheic urban children
attending a hospital emergency service. Cryptosporidium ...
Malnutrition and concurrent infections. Comparison of two populations with different infection rates
(Viral Diseasses in South-East Asia and the Wester Pacific, 1982)
Repetitive infections induce malnutrition and growth retardation
in children living in impoverished environments,
even if food is available. Infection precipitates severe malnutrition
in individuals already undernourished. ...
Relación del bajo peso al nacer con el desarrollo psicomotor del niño de Puriscal
(1985)
This is a study of psycho-motor development of 84 eighteen months old
children, living in the districts of Barbacoas, Grifo Alto and Candelarita in the
canton of Puriscal. Gesell and Casati-Lezine tests were employed to ...
The evolution of diarrhoeal diseases and malnutrition in Costa Rica: The role of interventions
(Assignment Child (61-62) p.195-224, 1983)
Costa Rica has an infant mortality rate of 17.7%, one of the lowest for developing countries. While it is noted that it is difficult to demonstrate the contributions of specific interventions in accounting for the drastic ...
Consumo de algunos alimentos y preparaciones en niños preescolares y adultos de un área rural y una comunidad urbana del Valle Central de Costa Rica
(1993)
En este trabajo se presentan datos sobre tamaños de porciones de 13 diferentes alimentos y preparaciones en un área, rural y en una comunidad urbana. Los resultados se analizaron para; hombres, mujeres y niños preescolares ...
Anemia hipocrómica en niños preescolares de una comunidad urbano marginal, San José, Costa Rica
(Bol Med Hosp Infant Mex 59 (1) 85-88, 2002-01)
La Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) define anemia en niños menores de cinco años de edad como aquellos valores inferiores de hemoglobina (Hb) a 11 g/dL y de hematócrito (Hto) a 0.33 L/L (33%). Sin embargo, diversos ...
Diarrhea associated with rotaviruses, enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli, Campylobacter, and other agents in costa rican children, 1976-1981
(The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 32(1), 146-153, 1983)
Rotaviruses, enterotoxigenic Escherichia coil, Salmonella, Shigella, and parasites
were investigated in outpatient diarrheic children, and in hospitalized diarrheic and nondiarrheic
children, between January 1976 and ...
¿Sobrepeso o "achicamiento" en escolares de sexto grado de un área metropolitana?
(Revista Costarricense de Salud Pública 22(22) ; p 55-65, 2003)
Title: Overweight or "stunting" in sixth grade scholars from an urban marginal metropolitan area?. Introduction: Obesity is the most prevalent nutritional disorder in Costa Rican children and adolescents. The last Nutritional ...