Browsing Instituto Regional de Estudios en Sustancias Tóxicas by Subject "COSTA RICA"
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A participatory assessment of ecosystem services and human wellbeing in Rural Costa Rica using Photo-Voice
(Springer, 2012-03-09)Human well-being is intricately connected to ecosystem services. A keystone contribution to the ecosystem service literature has been the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, MA, (Ecosystems and human well-being: a framework ... -
A pilot field evaluation on heat stress in sugarcane workers in Costa Rica: What to do next?
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2009)Climate change is producing major impacts including increasing temperatures in tropical countries, like Costa Rica, where the sugarcane industry employs thousands of workers who are exposed to extreme heat. Objectives: ... -
Acute, chronic and biochemical effects of chlorothalonil on Agalychnis callidryas, Isthmohyla pseudopuma and Smilisca baudinii tadpoles
(Springer, 2016-08-05)Declines of amphibian populations have been a worldwide issue of concern for the scientific community during the last several decades. Efforts are being carried out to elucidate factors related to this phenomenon. Among ... -
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 ... -
Análisis ético de las estrategias de comunicación adoptados por la industria farmacéutica en Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional (Costa Rica). Escuela de Filosofía., 2017)Analiza los problemas bioéticos asociados a las relaciones que se dan entre la industria farmacéutica y los profesionales sanitarios, en lo que respecta a las actividades del tipo de información que se suministra y la ... -
Assessment of pesticide exposure in the agricultural population of Costa Rica
(British Occupational Hygiene Society, 2005)We describe a model for the retrospective assessment of parental exposure to 26 pesticides, selected by toxicity-based prioritization, in a population-based case–control study of childhood leukaemia in Costa Rica (301 ... -
Caesarean delivery and risk of childhood leukaemia: a pooled analysis from the Childhood Leukemia International Consortium (CLIC)
(The Lancet, 2016-04-07)Results from case-control studies have shown an increased risk of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) in young children born by caesarean delivery, and prelabour caesarean delivery in particular; however, an association ... -
Central nervous system tumours in children in Costa Rica: 1981–96
(Blackwell Science, 2002)Incidence rates of malignant central nervous system (CNS) tumours in children in Costa Rica are presented in an international perspective. For the 16-year period 1981–96, a total of 256 CNS tumours were registered in ... -
Classification of aquatic macroinvertebrates in flow categories for the adjustment of the LIFE Index to Costa Rican rivers
(Elsevier, 2020-08-26)The LIFE Index can be useful to determine the effect of changes in river flow on the community of aquatic macroinvertebrates and as a tool for the implementation of environmental flows. This study demonstrates how to ... -
El consentimiento informado en los estudios de investigación clínica en Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional (Costa Rica). Escuela de Filosofía., 2013)Analiza la realidad del proceso del derecho a una decisión libre informada y reflexiva, PACI (proceso de administración del consentimiento informado); a través de estudios de investigación clínica que tienen como fin la ... -
Development of quantitative RNA biomarkers for detecting dioxin-like and estrogenic pollutants in Costa Rican native fish species
(Journal of Environmental Biology, 2014-01)Monitoring the environmental impact on native species is crucial for the correct management of tropical ecosystems. The Costa Rican fish Parachromis dovii (Cichlidae) and Poecilia gillii (Poecillidae) were used as sentinel ... -
Dolor musculoesquelético en espalda y extremidades superiores y su relación con factores ergonómicos en trabajadores de enfermería de Costa Rica y Nicaragua
(Universidad Nacional (Costa Rica). instituto Regional de Estudios en Sustancias Tóxicas, 2017)Evalúa la asociación entre los factores de riesgo ergonómico y el dolor musculoesquelético de espalda y extremidades superiores en trabajadores de enfermería de Costa Rica y Nicaragua con el fin de diseñar un programa de ... -
Dust exposure in workers from grain storage facilities in Costa Rica
(Escuela de Ingeniería en Seguridad Laboral e Higiene Ambiental (EISLHA), Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica (ITCR), 2017)About 12 million workers are involved in the production of basic grains in Central America. However, few studies in the region have examined the occupational factors associated with inhalable dust exposure. About the ... -
Ecotoxicological characterization of a tropical soil after diazinon spraying
(Springer, 2012-07-04)The impact of diazinon spraying in an agricultural tropical soil through the evaluation of both the habitat and retention functions of the soil system was never reported. To fill this gap, five times the recommended dose ... -
Efectos de los plaguicidas clorotalonil y β-Endosulfan en renacuajos de Agalychnis callidryas, Isthmohyla pseudopuma y Smilisca baudinii (Anura: Hylidae)
(Universidad Nacional (Costa Rica). Instituto Regional de Estudios en Sustancias Tóxicas. Maestría en Ecotoxicología Tropical, 2017)Evalúa los efectos agudos y crónicos en renacuajos de Agalychnis callidryas, Isthmohyla pseudopuma y Smilisca baudinii expuestos al clorotalonil y en I. pseudopuma expuestos al β-endosulfan, en condiciones de laboratorio, ... -
Evaluación de distintos modelos de regulación y normalización de la acupuntura y su posible aplicación en Costa Rica
(A. Villalobos V., 2018)Determina consideraciones mínimas basadas en los principios fundamentales de la bioética que puedan ser considerados en una futura regulación de la acupuntura en Costa Rica. Para la elaboración de estudio se plantean tres ... -
Factores psicosociales de riesgo laboral asociados a variables sociodemográficas en personal docente de zonas urbana y rural en Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2023-11)Evalúa la asociación de los factores psicosociales de riesgo laboral con variables sociodemográficas en el personal docente de dos centros de educación secundaria urbano y rural de Costa Rica. El instrumento utilizado fue ... -
Field testing passive air samplers for current use pesticides in a tropical environment
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica., 2008)Air was sampled for one year in the central valley of Costa Rica using an active high-volume sampler as well as passive samplers (PAS) based on polyurethane foam (PUF) disks and XAD-resin filled mesh cylinders. Extracts ... -
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 ... -
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 ...