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Physical accessibility to health facilities in Costa Rica
(1993)
This paper estimates physical accessibility to health services in Costa Rican communities and identifies target geographic areas for opening new health facilities. The analyses use geographic information system (GIS) methods ...
Seroprevalence of human T-Lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) in Costa Rica
(1990)
Infection within the human T linphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I), a virus associated with two diseases, adult T-cell leukemia lyriphornal and tropical spastic paraparesis/HTLV-I associated myelopathy,2 is prevalent in Panama' ...
Diabetes epidemics: inequalities increase the burden on the healthcare system
(2019)
Diabetes is a major cause of morbidity and mortality and represents a source of demands on already constrained healthcare systems in Latin America and the Caribbean. We estimate inequalities in diabetes incidence, prevalence ...
Tabaquismo en la mujer costarricense, 1984-85
(1987)
En este artículo se analizan los resultados de una encuesta con representatividad nacional de 870 mujeres costarricenses de 25 a 59 años de edad, entrevistadas entre 1984 y 1985.
El 14 por ciento de las entrevistadas ...
Screening practices for cervical and breast cáncer in Costa Rica
(1991)
Cervical cancer and breast cancer are leading causes of cancer-related morbidity and
mortality in Costa Rica. This article reports results of an evaluation of cervical and
breast cancer screening practices among Costa ...
Asegurar un mañana más saludable en Centroamérica: proteger la salud sexual y reproductiva de la juventud de hoy
(New York: Guttmacher Institute, 2008)
Es urgente proteger la salud sexual y reproductiva de la juventud centroamericana de hoy. Las tasas de maternidad adolescente en El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras y Nicaragua son, por mucho, las tasas más altas de toda ...
Major cardiovascular risk factors in Latin America: a comparison with the United States. The Latin American consortium of studies in obesity (LASO)
(2013)
Limited knowledge on the prevalence and distribution of risk factors impairs the planning and implementation of cardiovascular prevention programs in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region. For the last two decades ...
Seasonal Variation of Peripheral Blood Leukocyte Telomere Length in Costa Rica: A Population-Based Observational Study
(2014)
ABSTRACT: Objectives: Peripheral blood leukocyte telomere length (LTL) is increasingly being used as a biomarker of aging, but its natural variation in human populations is not well understood. Several other biomarkers ...
The exceptionally high life expectancy of Costa Rican nonagenarians
(Demography 45(3): 673–691, 2008-08)
Robust data from a voter registry show that Costa Rican nonagenarians have an exceptionally
high live expectancy. Mortality at age 90 in Costa Rica is at least 14% lower than an average of 13
high-income countries. This ...
Effects of Self-Rated Health and Self-Rated Economic Situation on Depressed Mood Via Life Satisfaction Among Older Adults in Costa Rica
(2015)
Objective: The study examined the relationship of self-rated health and self-rated economic situation with depressed mood, and life satisfaction as mediator of this relationship among older adults in Costa Rica. Method: A ...