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Aerial application of mancozeb and urinary ethylene thiourea (ETU) concentrations among pregnant women in Costa Rica: the Infants' Environmental Health Study (ISA)
(Environmental Health Perspectives, 2014-12-01)
Background: Mancozeb and its main metabolite ethylene thiourea (ETU) may alter thyroid function; thyroid hormones are essential for fetal brain development. In Costa Rica, mancozeb is aerially sprayed at large-scale banana ...
Social context for workplace health promotion: feasibility considerations in Costa Rica, Finland, Germany, Spain and Sweden
(Oxford Academic, 2003-06-01)
We constructed a simple, flexible procedure that facilitates the pre-assessment of feasibility of workplace health promotion (WHP) programmes. It evaluates cancer hazards, workers’ need for hazard reduction, acceptability ...