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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 ...
Nutritional status of the elderly in Palmares, Costa Rica
(Arch Latinoam nutr 33 (2) 409-422, 1983-04-01)
The nutritional status of aged persons living in a small Costa Rican community was evaluated using anthropometric measurements, clinical findings and dietary surveys. Eighteen per cent of the aged were overweight, a condition ...
HIV/AIDS in Costa Rica: epidemiological and sociological features,1993
(1995)
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) was first detected in Costa Rica in 1983. For four years most known cases were in hemophiliac men. Thereafter, AIDS in homosexual and bisexual men predominated. By December 31 of ...
Diarrea por Campylobacter fetus jejuni y otros agentes infecciosos en niños del área rural de Puriscal, Costa Rica
(Revista de Biología Tropical 32(1) p.137-143, 1984-01-04)
Between September 1979 and September 1981 a field study was conducted on the etiology of
diarrhea' disease in the area of Puriscal, Costa Rica. The presence of enteric pathogens was investigated in
the stools of 267 ...
Epidemiology of acute diarrhea in Childhood: an overview
(Raven Press p 3-22, 1983)
Much has been learned about the epidemiology of acute diarrheal disease since the folk conceptualization of a syndrome caused by "food indigestion." Despite early recognition of shigellosis, salmonellosis, giardiasis, and ...
Hair zinc levels in rural Costa Rican infants and preschool children
(The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition: 33; p. 2194-2197, 1980-10)
Correlations between hair zinc and age, sex, weight, and length were determined on 138 boys and girls aged 6 months to 4 years from a low socioeconomic region of rural Costa Rica. Zinc deficiency, as assessed by hair zinc ...
Mezclas vegetales nutritivas y simples para el niño costarricense
(Revista Medica Hospital Nacional de Niños Dr. Carlos Sáenz Herrera, Costa Rica 15(1): 71-90, 1980)
Con el fin de contribuir a mejorar la alimentación del niño costarricense, se
elaboraron mezclas vegetales teóricas de alto valor nutritivo. Esas mezclas consisten
en la combinación de una leguminosa con un cereal o ...
Consideraciones sobre la desnutrición en Centro América, con especial referencia a Costa Rica
(1976)
El presente trabajo analiza ciertos conceptos referentes a la situación nutricional de Costa Rica y con menos énfasis del resto de Centro América, con base en la información disponible. Se ha tratado de describir los ...
Infectious diarrheas of infants and young children
(1985)
Acute diarrhea' disease was once attributed to "indigestion." Although
shigellosis, cholera, salmonellosis, giardiasis, and amebiasis have long
been recognized as distinct clinical entities, it was not too long ago ...
National Health and Social Development in costa Rica: A Case Study of Intersectorial Action
(1988)
Presenta el escenario sociopolítico de Costa Rica: historia, población, terreno, situación política; militarismo en América Central; situación económica; indicadores de salud y socioeconómicos en América Central; perfiles ...