• Cáncer en Costa Rica: Epidemiología descriptiva: Mortalidad 1970-1990, incidencia 1984-1990 

  Muñoz Leiva, Georgina; Sierra Ramos, Rafaela; Rosero Bixby, Luis; Antich Montero, Daniel (1995)

  El propósito de esta monografía es describir el problema del cáncer en el país, la incidencia en el periodo 1984-1990 y la mortalidad de 1970 a 1990. Se muestra la distribución geográfica del cáncer por localización ...

• Análisis de la situación epidemiológica y manejo actual de los sarcomas de tejido blando y hueso en el Hospital México, San José Costa Rica 

  Rojas Vigott, Raquel; Landaverde Recinos, Denis (2018-08)

  Antecedente: Los sarcomas de tejido blando y de hueso, son tumores raros, que son más frecuentes en la población joven. Existen varios subtipos y cada uno de ellos debe ser tratados en forma individual. Este es un ...

• Identificación del conocimiento que poseen los encargados o cuidadores de los niños menores de 2 años con diagnóstico de bronquiolitis, hospitalizados en los servicios de Medicina 4 y Medicina 5 del Hospital Nacional de Niños: período noviembre 2015 a octubre 2016 

  Durán Bolaños, Luis Gustavo (2016)

• Valoración del manejo del paciente asmático leve y moderado que acude al Servicio de Urgencias del Hospital Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia durante las primeras 6 horas, de enero a marzo del 2013 

  Wattson Madriz, Marco Antonio (2015)

• Intervenciones en atención primaria para retardar el deterioro cognitivo del paciente adulto mayor: revisión bibliográfica 

  Henríquez García, Lisbeth (2014)

• Calidad de vida en pacientes diagnosticadas con cáncer de cérvix que se trataron con radioterapia y que reciben control en el Servicio de Ginecología del Hospital México durante los años 2015 y 2016 

  Fallas Durón, Luis Emilio; Rivera Meneses, Ana Lucía (2017)

• Exposición al ruido en sala de operaciones y su implicación en la anestesiología 

  Gamboa Bustos, Adriana (2014)

• Necesidades en salud de los migrantes en las zonas más deprimidas en Costa Rica: ¿cómo responden los servicios de salud del primer nivel de atención? 

  Oviedo Gómez, Francisco Javier (2008)

• Malnutrition and infection in a typical rural Guatemalan Village: Lessons for the planning of preventive measures 

  Mata Jiménez, Leonardo J.; Behar, Moisés (2010-09-01)

  A long-term prospective study of fetal and postnatal growth and possible influenceson growth was initiated in 1963in a Guatemalan village.A high proportion of the infants were of low birth weight and they were more at risk ...

• Acceso y disponibilidad de servicios de salud en Costa Rica 2000 

  Rosero Bixby, Luis (2004)

  El estudio ensambla un sistema de información geográfica (SIG) y usa técnicas de análisis espacial para relacionar la población del censo del 2000 (la demanda) con un inventario de los establecimientos de salud (la oferta). ...

• Fertility and infant mortality in Costa Rica 

  Rosero Bixby, Luis (1992)

  Costa Rica is a small country, geographically situated in the Central American isthmus, with 2.2 million inhabitants. Although its exports are mainly of an agricultural nature, the country has reached a level of welfare ...

• Population ageing, intergenerational transfers and demographic dividend in Ecuador 

  Rosero Bixby, Luis; Roldán, Lilianna; Caravajal, Francisco (2015)

  This paper analyses economic flows over the lifecycle in Ecuador, a middle-income country that is anticipating rapid population ageing. Using the National Transfer Accounts (NTA) framework, the paper develops estimates ...

• Aging and Mental Health in a Longitudinal Study of Elderly Costa Ricans 

  Rosero Bixby, Luis; Modrek, Sepideh; Domino, Marisa Elena; Dow, William H. (2015-04)

  Geriatric depression and cognition impairment, including memory loss, are common neuropsychiatric disorders at old age. Diagnosing these conditions in the context of a general population-based survey conducted by nonmental ...

• Differential DNA methylation and lymphocyte proportions in a Costa Rican high longevity region 

  McEwen, Lisa M.; Morin, Alexander M.; Edgar, Rachel D.; MacIsaac, Julia L.; Jones, Meaghan J.; Dow, William H.; Rosero Bixby, Luis; Kobor, Michael S.; Rehkopf, David H. (2017)

  Background: The Nicoya Peninsula in Costa Rica has one of the highest old-age life expectancies in the world, but the underlying biological mechanisms of this longevity are not well understood. As DNA methylation is ...

• Amerindian ancestry and extended longevity in Nicoya, Costa Rica 

  Azofeifa Navas, Jorge; Ruiz Narváez, Edward A.; Leal Esquivel, Alejandro; Gerlovin, Hanna; Rosero Bixby, Luis (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 ...

• A cross-national comparison of 12 biomarkers finds no universal biomarkers of aging among individuals aged 60 and older 

  Rehkopf, David H.; Rosero Bixby, Luis; Dow, William H. (2016)

  There is uncertainty about whether biological and anthropometric measures that are clinical risk factors for disease are universally associated with chronological age, or whether these correlations vary depending on the ...

• Education Gains Attributable to Fertility Decline: Patterns by Gender, Period, and Country in Latin America and Asia 

  Li, Jing; Dow, William H.; Rosero Bixby, Luis (2017-07)

  We investigate the heterogeneity across countries and time in the relationship between mother’s fertility and children’s educational attainment—the quantity-quality (Q-Q) trade-off—by using census data from 17 countries ...

• High life expectancy and reversed socioeconomic gradients of elderly people in Mexico and Costa Rica 

  Rosero Bixby, Luis (2018-01)

  Background: Some existing estimates suggest, controversially, that life expectancy at age 60 (LE60) of Latin American males is exceptionally high. Knowledge of adult mortality in Latin America is often based on unreliable ...

• An update on the detection and treatment of Rickettsia felis 

  Hun Opfer, Laya R.; Troyo Rodríguez, Adriana (2012-05-22)

  Rickettsia felis was described as a human pathogen almost two decades ago, and human infection is currently reported in 18 countries in all continents. The distribution of this species is worldwide, determined by the ...

• Favourable changes in economic well-being and self-rated health among the elderly 

  Brenes Camacho, Gilbert (2011-04)

  Adverse economic shocks exert an influence on health perceptions, but little is known about the effect of sudden positive changes in a person’s financial situation on self-rated health, particularly among low income people. ...

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