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Pesticide risk perceptions among bystanders of aerial spraying on bananas in Costa Rica
(Elsevier, 2020-07-08)
Little is known about how bystanders perceive risks from pesticide use in areas with frequent aerial spraying of pesticides. This research aims to better understand how bystanders (school workers) from three counties of ...
Aerial application of mancozeb and urinary ethylene thiourea (ETU) concentrations among pregnant women in Costa Rica: the Infants' Environmental Health Study (ISA).
(Research: Children´s health, 2014-12)
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 ...
Mesoamerican nephropathy: report from the first international research workshop on men
(SALTRA / IRET-UNA, 2013-03)
Durante los últimos 20 años en América Central se ha observado un incremento acelerado de la enfermedad renal crónica, que no se puede explicar con los factores de riesgo tradicionales como diabetes e hipertensión arterial. ...
Noticias Centroamericanas: Volumen #12
(SALTRA / IRET-UNA, 2015-04-17)
En Costa Rica, el fungicida mancozeb se aplica por vía área y de manera semanal en plantaciones de banano a gran escala (Figura 1). La toxicidad aguda del mancozeb y su principal metabolito, el etilentiourea (ETU), es baja ...
Volumen #12: Aplicaciones aéreas de mancozeb y concentraciones urinarias de etilentiourea (ETU) en mujeres embarazadas:
(SALTRA / IRET-UNA, 2015-04-01)
En Costa Rica, el fungicida mancozeb se aplica por vía área y de manera semanal en plantaciones de banano a gran escala (Figura 1). La toxicidad aguda del mancozeb y su principal metabolito, el etilentiourea (ETU), es baja ...
Mesoamerican Nephropathy: Report from the Second International Research Workshop on Men
(Program on Work, Environment and Health in Central America (SALTRA), 2016-08-01)
Agricoh: A consortium of agricultural cohorts
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute(MDPI), Switzerland., 2011-04-29)
AGRICOH is a recently formed consortium of agricultural cohort studies involving 22 cohorts from nine countries in five continents: South Africa (1), Canada (3), Costa Rica (2), USA (6), Republic of Korea (1), New Zealand ...
Fatal occupational injuries in Nicaragua, 2005
(Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua, León., 2011)
We attempt to estimate the rate of fatal occupational injuries (FOI) in Nicaragua for 2005, using 10 incomplete data sources. Based on the 173 identified FOIs, the crude empirical FOI rate estimate was 8.3 per 100,000 ...
Heat exposure in sugarcane harvesters in Costa Rica
(Wiley Periodicals, 2013)
Background Occupational heat stress is a major concern in sugarcane production and has been hypothesized as a causal factor of a chronic kidney disease epidemic in Central America. This study described working conditions ...
Resolving the enigma of the mesoamerican nephropathy: A research workshop summary
(National Kidney Foundation, 2013-10-21)
The First International Research Workshop on Mesoamerican Nephropathy (MeN) met in Costa Rica in November 2012 to discuss how to establish the extent and degree of MeN, examine relevant causal hypotheses, and focus efforts ...