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Kidney function in rice workers exposed to heat and dehydration in Costa Rica
(MDPI, 2022-04-19)The aim of this study was to evaluate heat exposure, dehydration, and kidney function in rice workers over the course of three months, in Guanacaste, Costa Rica. We collected biological and questionnaire data across a ... -
Ley Reguladora de Investigación Biomédica (9234) Valoración de los alcances desde el Comité Ético Científico de la Universidad Nacional
(Universidad Nacional (Costa Rica) Escuela de Filosofía, 2019)Planea un informe de pasantía, realizada en la oficina del CEC de la Universidad Nacional (CECUNA), se exponen los resultados obtenidos a partir de la comparación de elementos representativos (normativa, protocolos y la ... -
Ley Reguladora de Investigación Biomédica (9234): valoración de los alcances desde el Comité Ético Científico de la Universidad Nacional
(Universidad Nacional y Universidad de Costa Rica, 2019-03-01)Los Comités Éticos Científicos (CEC) de Costa Rica, a partir de la aprobación de la Ley Reguladora de Investigación Biomédica N°9234 (2014), implementaron modificaciones en los reglamentos para garantizar la aplicación de ... -
Limitantes para el ejercicio de la autonomía de los usuarios en los servicios de salud del primer nivel de atención del área de salud de Coronado en Costa Rica en el año 2012
(Universidad Nacional (Costa Rica). Escuela de Filosofía., 2014)Desarrolla una práctica profesional en bioética para el análisis de la atención primaria de los equipos básicos de atención en salud (EBAIS), del Área de Salud de Coronado, con el propósito de comprender las posibilidades ... -
Lower tier toxicity risk assessment of agriculture pesticides detected on the Río Madre de Dios watershed, Costa Rica
(Springer, 2016-10-25)Costa Rica is a tropical country with one of the highest biodiversity on Earth. It also has an intensive agriculture, and pesticide runoff from banana and pineapple plantations may cause a high toxicity risk to non-target ... -
El manantial de Sálmacis una aproximación bioética y de derechos humanos a la intersexualidad en Costa Rica
(Escuela de Filosofía, 2015)El problema medular de esta investigación nace de la preocupación por la inexistencia de informacion y de protocolos de atencion medica para las personas intersexuales, especialmente los menores de edad o recien nacidos, ... -
Manganese concentrations in drinking water from villages near banana plantations with aerial mancozeb spraying in Costa Rica: Results from the Infants' Environmental Health Study (ISA)
(Elsevier, 2016-03)Elevated manganese (Mn) in drinking water has been reported worldwide. While, naturally occurring Mn in groundwater is generally the major source, anthropogenic contamination by Mn-containing fungicides such as mancozeb ... -
Manganese in teeth and neurodevelopment in young Mexican-American children
(Elsevier, 2015-10)Introduction: Manganese (Mn) is an essential nutrient but higher exposure has been associated with poorer neurodevelopment in children. Methods: We measured Mn levels in prenatal (Mnpre) (n=197) and postnatal (Mnpost) ... -
Maternal blood and hair manganese concentrations, fetal growth, and length of gestation in the ISA cohort in Costa Rica
(Environmental Research, 2015-01)Background: Animal studies have shown that both deficiency and excess manganese (Mn) may result in decreased fetal size and weight, but human studies have reported inconsistent results. Methods: We examined the association ... -
Maternal blood and hair manganese concentrations, fetal growth, and length of gestation in the ISA cohort in Costa Rica
(Elsevier, 2015)Background: Animal studies have shown that both deficiency and excess manganese (Mn) may result in decreased fetal size and weight, but human studies have reported inconsistent results. Methods: We examined the association ... -
Maternal residential pesticide use and risk of childhoodleukemia in Costa Rica
(Wiley-Liss Inc., 2018-04-15)Evidence suggests that early-life exposure to pesticides inside the home may be associated with childhood leukemia, howeverdata from Latin American countries are limited. We examined whether self-reported maternal residential ... -
Mesoamerican nephropathy: Geographical distribution and time trends of chronic kidney disease mortality between 1970 and 2012 in Costa Rica
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2014-06-23)Mesoamerican nephropathy is an epidemic of chronic kidney disease (CKD) unrelated to traditional causes, mostly observed in sugarcane workers. We analysed CKD mortality in Costa Rica to explore when and where the epidemic ... -
Microbial gene exchange on microplastic particles
(University of Potsdam, Germany, 2018)Plastic pollution is ubiquitous on the planet since several millions of tons of plastic waste enter aquatic ecosystems each year. Furthermore, the amount of plastic produced is expected to increase exponentially shortly. ... -
Microplastics in feed cause sublethal changes in the intestinal microbiota and a non-specific immune response indicator of the freshwater crayfish Procambarus clarkii (Decapoda: Cambaridae)
(Frontiers in Microbiology Journal, 2023-07-18)Microplastics (MP) are a hazardous pollutant of global concern that threatens aquatic ecosystems and public health. We used the invasive, cosmopolitan, and environmentally versatile red swamp crayfish Procambarus clarkii ... -
Microplastics: New substrates for heterotrophic activity contribute to altering organic matter cycles in aquatic ecosystems
(Elsevier, 2018-09-01)Heterotrophic microbes with the capability to process considerable amounts of organic matter can colonize microplastic particles (MP) in aquatic ecosystems. Weather colonization of microorganisms on MP will alter eco ... -
Monitoreo de las Floraciones Algales en el Golfo de Nicoya, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
(2013-08-22)Mediante el acuerdo realizado el 22 junio de 2009 entre las instituciones INCOPESCA, SENASA-MAG y la Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas de la Universidad Nacional. El Laboratorio de Fitoplancton Marino se ha comprometido a ... -
Mortality among a Cohort of Banana Plantation Workers in Costa Rica
(Taylor & Francis, 2006)The nematocide 1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane (DBCP), widely used in Costa Rica during the late 1960s and 1970s, causes sterility in men and is a possible carcinogen. Mortality among a cohort of Costa Rican banana plantation ... -
Mortality and Cancer Incidence of Workers in Finnish Road Paving Companies
(Wiley-Liss, Inc., 2003)Background This study, a component of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Multicentric Study on Cancer Risk Among European Asphalt Workers, aimed at identifying major mortality risks among workers in ... -
Nefropatía mesoamericana: revisión breve basada en el segundo taller del Consorcio para el estudio de la Epidemia de Nefropatía en Centroamérica y México (CENCAM)
(Elsevier, 2016)Mesoamerican nephropathy (MeN) is a form of endemic chronic kidney disease (CKD) unrelated to diabetes or hypertension and its causes are still undetermined. Clinically, patients with MeN have no or only mild proteinuria ... -
Nematology in Central American countries, a general overview of the present situation
(50TH ANNUAL MEETING OF NEMATOLOGIST OF TROPICAL AMERICA (ONTA 2018), 2018-08)Pesticide use in Central American agriculture has been promoted as an important tool for development since decades, despite in many cases being a hazardous technology for human health and the environment. At the same time ...