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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 ... -
Heat exposure in sugarcane workers in Costa Rica during the non-harvest season
(Global Health Action, 2010)This observational pilot study was carried out at three sugarcane companies in Costa Rica. Its main objective was to determine the potential for heat stress conditions for workers in one sugarcane-growing region in Costa ... -
Heat-Related Symptoms in Sugarcane Harvesters
(Wiley, 2015-02-26)Background: Exposure to heat stress is a documented risk for Central American sugarcane harvesters. However, little is known about heat-related illness in this population. Methods: This study examined the frequency of ... -
Importación de plaguicidas y peligros en salud en América Central durante el periodo 2005 - 2009
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2015-07-01)Se analizaron datos de importación de plaguicidas agrícolas en América Central, para el quinquenio 2005-2009 para el monitoreo de peligros en salud. La metodología usada ya fue publicada para el análisis del quinquenio ... -
In situ toxicity and ecological risk assessment of agro-pesticide runoff in the Madre de Dios River in Costa Rica
(SpringerEuCheMS Division of Chemistry and the Environment, 2016-10-18)The River Madre de Dios (RMD) and its lagoon is a biodiversity rich watershed formed by a system of streams, rivers, channels, and a coastal lagoon communicating with the Caribbean Sea. This basin sustains a large area of ... -
Incidence of childhood cancer in Costa Rica, 2000–2014: An international perspective
(Elsevier, 2018-10-18)Background: Estimating childhood cancer incidence globally is hampered by a lack of reliable data from lowand middle-income countries. Costa Rica is one of the few middle-income countries (MIC) with a long-term high quality ... -
Incidence of childhood cancer in Costa Rica, 2000–2014: An international perspective
(Elsevier, 2018-10)Background: Estimating childhood cancer incidence globally is hampered by a lack of reliable data from low- and middle-income countries. Costa Rica is one of the few middle-income countries (MIC) with a long-term high ... -
Indicadores de importación de plaguicidas por trabajador y área agrícola como herramienta para el monitoreo de peligros para el ambiente y la salud en Costa Rica
(2013-08-22)Costa Rica es uno de los países a nivel mundial con el mayor índice de importación de plaguicidas por habitante y por área agrícola (WRI 2011); para el año 2010 se importaron más de 13, 8 millones de kilogramos de ingrediente ... -
Indigenous children living nearby plantations with chlorpyrifos-treated bags have elevated 3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridinol (TCPy) urinary concentrations
(Elsevier, 2012)The US Environmental Protection Agency voluntary phased-out residential use of chlorpyrifos in 2001. In contrast, in Costa Rica, chlorpyrifos-treated bags are increasingly used to protect banana and plantain fruits from ... -
Informal employment and health status in Central America
(Springer Nature, 2015-07-24)Background: Informal employment is assumed to be an important but seldom studied social determinant of health, affecting a large number of workers around the world. Although informal employment arrangements constitute a ... -
Informality, social citizenship, and wellbeing among migrant workers in Costa Rica in the context of COVID-19
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2022-05-20)Costa Rica is home to 557,000 migrants, whose disproportionate exposure to precarious, dangerous, and informal work has resulted in persistent inequities in health and wellbeing in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. We ... -
Informe Técnico ISA-05: resultados alternativas agroecológicas para el cultivo de plátano
(Instituto Regional de Estudios en Sustancias Tóxicas, 2014-11)Lograr una reducción del uso de plaguicidas y de la exposición en comunidades con diferentes sistemas de producción del banano y plátano poniendo a prueba diferentes estrategias para reducir los riesgos y fortaleciendo los ... -
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) ...