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Maternal residential pesticide use and risk of childhoodleukemia in Costa Ric
(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 ... -
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 ... -
Understanding how access shapes the transformation of ecosystem services to human well-being with an example from Costa Rica
(Elsevier, 2017-10-26)Increasingly, ecosystem services have been applied to guide poverty alleviation and sustainable develop-ment in resource-dependent communities. Yet, questions of access, which are paramount in determiningbenefits from the ... -
Pesticide exposure and neurodevelopment in children age 6-9 years from Talamanca, Costa Rica.
(Elsevier Ltd, 2016-09-05)Certain pesticides may affect children's neurodevelopment. We assessed whether pesticide exposure was associated with impaired neurobehavioral outcomes in children aged 6e9 years. We conducted a cross-sectional study ... -
Pesticide use in banana and plantain production and risk perception among local actors in Talamanca, Costa Rica
(Elsevier, 2011-07)The Talamanca County in Costa Rica has large-scale banana and small-scale plantain production, probably causing pesticide exposure in indigenous children. We explored to what extent different community actors are aware ... -
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 ... -
Blood and hair manganese concentrations in pregnant women from the infants' environmental health study (ISA) in Costa Rica
(American Chemical Society, 2014-03)Manganese (Mn), an essential nutrient, is a neurotoxicant at high concentrations. We measured Mn concentrations in repeated blood and hair samples collected from 449 pregnant women living near banana plantations with ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Pesticide Exposure and Respiratory Health of Indigenous Women in Costa Rica
(Published by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and American Journal of EpidemiologyJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2009-02-18)A cross-sectional study was conducted in 2007 to evaluate the relation between pesticide exposure and respiratory health in a population of indigenous women in Costa Rica. Exposed women (n ¼ 69) all worked at plantain p ... -
Cantidad importada de plaguicidas como herramienta para el monitoreo de peligros para la salud en Costa Rica
(2013-08-22)En Costa Rica la problemática existente en torno al uso de plaguicidas radica en que se importan actualmente aproximadamente12000 toneladas al año de casi 300 ingredientes activos. Estas sustancias tóxicas poseen efectos ... -
Seguro de Riesgos del Trabajo del Instituto Nacional de Seguros
(2013-08-22)Como parte de sus servicios, el INS promueve el "Modelo de Riesgos del Trabajo y Salud Ocupacional, el cual tiene como objetivo básico promover, desarrollar y fortalecer la prevención de riesgos laborales y por ende la ... -
Presencia de residuos de plaguicidas y calidad biológica del agua del Río Jiménez, como representante de los ríos del Caribe de Costa Rica.
(2013-08-22)Costa Rica es un país cuya economía se basa en gran medida en las actividades agrícolas. Por esta razón y en aras de incrementar la producción, se utilizan grandes cantidades de agroquímicos, lo que ha colocado al país en ...
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