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Percepción de los médicos intensivista acera de la donación de órganos en las unidades de cuidados intensivos de Costa Rica, 2013. Comunicación breve
Perception of critical care physicians about organ donation in the intensive care units of Costa Rica, 2013. Brief communication
(2013)
La tasa de donación cadavérica en Costa Rica es baja por múltiples razones y es necesario estudiar que puntos pueden mejorarse. El objetivo de este trabajo es describir algunos aspectos sobre la percepción de los médicos ...
Snake venomics and antivenomics: Proteomic tools in the design and control of antivenoms for the treatment of snakebite envenoming
(2009-03-06)
Snakebite envenoming represents a neglected tropical disease that has a heavy public health impact, particularly in Asia, Africa and Latin America. A global initiative, aimed at increasing antivenom production and ...
Menopause, A Universal Female Experience: Lessons from Mexico and Central America
(Current Women’s Health Reviews 4(1), 3-8, 2008)
In Mexico and Central America, women typically experience menopause up to 10 years earlier than their U.S. counterparts. This may be due in part to numerous pregnancies, long periods of lactation, poor nutrition, extreme ...
Survival and Physical Growth in Infancy and Early Childhood Study of Birth Weight and Gestational Age in a Guatemalan Indian Village
(1975-05)
Many factors contribute independently
or jointly to the cause and
pathogenesis of low birth weight. Attempts
to identify these factors in a
given population, however, are usually
unsuccessful, and conclusions ...