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Relationship of upper body fat distribution to serum glucose and lipids in a Costa Rican population
(1987)
Present models of the relation between subcutaneous fat distribution and serum biochemistries have been based largely on U.S. White populations. To determine interpopulational differences in that relation, we measured 68 ...
Legislación relativa al Síndrome de Inmunodeficiencia Aquirida (SIDA) en Costa Rica, 1985-1988
(1988)
Este trabajo discute la legislación vigente en
Costa Rica, relativa al SIDA. Se ha generado un
cuerpo de decretos ejecutivos al reconocerse,
en 1985, la presencia del SIDA en el país. Un
decreto fue promulgado en 1985, ...
A public health approach to the “Food-Malnutrition-Economic Recession” complex
(1988)
The authors in this volume disagree as to whether the current economic
world recession and its accompanying adjustment policies affect nutrition
and health. Based on the data presented throughout this volume
and the ...
Natural history of Giardia infection of infants and children in rural Guatemala and its impact on physical growth
(1986-03)
Longitudinal data on Giardia excretion, diarrheal disease, and physical growth during the first 3 yr of life collected more than 20 yr ago in 45 Guatemalan children were analyzed. This report describes the natural history ...
Erradicación de helmintos intestinales en Costa Rica
(1985)
In order to assess possible changes in prevalence of intestinal helminthiasis
in Costa Rica, which could be related to the marked socioeconomic improvement
of the country in the 1960's and 1970's, a national survey was ...
Breast-feeding: main promoter of infant health
(1978-11)
Unique immunological factors in breast milk arc responsible for the protection
it affords infants against pathogenic agents. This protection is panicularly effective against the
infectious agents which invade or colonize ...
Descenso de la mortalidad por desnutrición en niños menores de cinco años en Costa Rica, 1970 y 1976
(Revista Médica del Hospital Nacional de Niños Dr. Carlos Sáenz Herrera: 15(1): 31-44. 1980, 1980)
En 1970 y 1976, la desnutrición como causa de muerte en niños menores de cinco años ocupó el décimo y quinto lugar, respectivamente, según las estadísticas vitales de Costa Rica. Tales cifras, revelaban un aumento de 119 ...
Acute diarrhoea with Cryptosporidium sp. in Belém, Brazil (preliminary report)
(1986-03)
Cryptosporidium sp was detected in faeces from three children suffering from acute diarrhoea. In two cases no other concomitant agents were detected and in a 3rd. this agent was associated with Entamoeba histolytic, Entamoeba ...
Microflora of maize prepared as tortillas
(1975-06)
Very little is known of the microflora in tortillas, the major component in the
diet of many Guatemalans and other Central Americans. Based in a Guatemalan
highland Indian village, this study examined the types and amounts ...
Ensayo inmunosorbente — enzima conjugada (ELISA) e inmunohemolisis pasiva (IHP) de la toxina labil de Escherichia coli
(Revista Latinoamericana de Microbiologia 23:193-197, 1981)
Se estudio la toxina termolabil (TL) de Escherichia coili en cepas aisladas de las heces de 545 niños menores de dos años, con y sin diarrea. El ensayo inmunosorbente - enzima conjugada (ELISA) revelo la TL en 29 cepas ...