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    • Classification of aquatic macroinvertebrates in flow categories for the adjustment of the LIFE Index to Costa Rican rivers 

      Quesada-Alvarado, Francisco; Umaña-Villalobos, Gerardo; Springer, Monika; Picado Barboza, Jorge (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 ...

    • Climate Change, workplace heat exposure, and Occupational Health and productivity in Central America 

      Kjellstrom, Tord; Crowe, Jennifer (Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2011)
      Climate change is increasing heat exposure in places such as Central America, a tropical region with generally hot/humid conditions. Working people are at particular risk of heat stress because of the intrabody heat ...

    • Colonización de macroinvertebrados acuáticos en tres tipos de sustratos artificiales, en un río tropical 

      Quesada-Alvarado, Francisco; Solano-Ulate, Darha (Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica, 2020-10)
      Introduction: Different methodologies exist for sampling aquatic macroinvertebrates, however, some of these (e.g., kick-net, Surber) are not well suited for deep, contaminated rivers or rivers with presence of crocodiles, ...

    • Comparative Analysis of Pesticide Use Determinants Among Smallholder Farmers From Costa Rica and Uganda 

      Staudacher, Philipp; Fuhrimann, Samuel; Farnham, Andrea; Atuhaire, Aggrey; Niwagaba, Charles; Stamm, Christian; Eggen, Rik IL; Winkler, Mirko S; Mora, Ana Maria (SAGE Publications Inc., 2020-12-14)
      Pesticides are used globally in agriculture and pose a threat to the health of farmers, communities, and the environment. Smallholder farmers in lowand middle-income countries have generally a low socio-economic status and ...

    • Current-use pesticide transport to Costa Rica's high-altitude tropical cloud forest 

      SHUNTHIRASINGHAM, CHUBASHINI; Gouin, Todd; YING D., LEI; Ruepert, Clemens; CASTILLO, LUISA E.; WANIA, FRANK (The Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC), 2011-10-12)
      To gain insight into the atmospheric transport and deposition of organic contaminants in high-altitude forests in the humid tropics, pesticides were analyzed in air, water, and soil samples from Costa Rica. Passive samplers ...

    • Database biomarkers measured in bees exposed to insecticides 

      Mena, Freylan (Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2023-02-02)
      Open database with raw data presented in a scientific paper. Biomarkers measured in bees exposed to three insecticides.

    • Decreased Kidney Function Among Agricultural Workers In El Salvador 

      Peraza, Sandra; Wesseling, Catharina; Aragon, Aurora; Leiva, Ricardo; García-Trabanino, Ramón; Torres, Cecilia; Jakobsson, Kristina; Elinder, Carl-Gustaf; Hogstedt, Christer (Elsevier, 2012-04)
      Background: An epidemic of chronic kidney disease of unknown cause has emerged along the Pacific coast of Central America, particularly in relatively young male sugarcane workers. In El Salvador, we examined residence and ...

    • Decreased kidney function of unknown cause in Nicaragua: a community-based survey 

      Torres, Cecilia; Aragón, Aurora; Gonzalez-Quiroz, Marvin; López , Indiana; Jakobsson, Kristina; Elinder, Carl-Gustaf; Lundberg, Ingvar; Wesseling, Catharina (National Kidney Foundation, 2010)
      Background: End-stage kidney disease overwhelms health services in Central America. We determined prevalences of decreased kidney function in distinct populations in the most affected region of Nicaragua. Study Design: ...

    • Descriptive Epidemiology of Somatising Tendency: Findings from the CUPID Study 

      Vargas-Prada, Sergio; Coggon, David; Ntani, Georgia; Walker-Bone, Karen; Palmer, Keith T.; Felli, Vanda E.; Harar, Raul; Barrero, Lope; Felknor, Sarah; Gimeno, David; Cattrell, Anna; Bonzini, Matteo; Solidaki, Eleni; Merisalu, Eda; Habib, Rima R.; Sadeghian, Farideh; Warnakulasuriya, Sudath; Matsudaira, Ko; Nyantumbu, Busisiwe; Sim, Malcolm R.; Harcombe, Helen; Cox, Ken; Sarquis, leila; Marziale, Maria Helena Palucci; Harar, Florencia; Freire, Rocio; Harari, Natalia; Monroy Silva, Magda Viviana; Quintana , Leonardo; Rojas, Marianela; Harris, Clare; Serra, Consol; Martinez Zapater, Jose Miguel; Delclos, George; Benavides, Fernando G.; Carugno, Michele; Ferrario, Marco M.; pesatori, angela; Chatzi, Leda; Bitsios, Panos; Kogevinas, Manolis; Oha, Kristel; Freimann, Tiina; Sadeghian, Ali; Roshini Peiris, John; Sathiakumar, Nalini; Wickremasinghe, A. Rajitha; Yoshimura, Noriko; Kelsall, Helen L.; Hoe, Victor; Urquhart, Donna M.; Derrett, Sarah; McBride, David; Herbison, Peter; Gray, Andrew; Salazar Vega, Eduardo J. (Public Library of Science, 2016-04-29)
      Somatising tendency, defined as a predisposition to worry about common somatic symp toms, is importantly associated with various aspects of health and health-related behaviour, including musculoskeletal pain and associated ...

    • Determinación del historial de exposiciones en la epidemiolgía ocupacional 

      Espinosa, Maria Teresa; Partanen, Timo; Piñeros, Marion; Chaves, Jorge; Posso, Héctor; Monge, Patricia; Blanco, Luís; Wesseling, Catharina (World Health Organization, 2005-01)
      La validez de los indicadores de exposición es una condición necesaria en epidemiología si se han de obtener resultados válidos en la medición de los riesgos asociados con la exposición a agentes nocivos en el entorno ...

    • Determinants of dermal exposure among Nicaraguan subsistence farmers during pesticide applications with backpack sprayers 

      Blanco, Luis; Aragón, Aurora; Lundberg, Ingvar; Lidén, Carola; Wesseling, Catharina; Nise, Gun (British Occupational Hygiene Society, 2005)
      Identification of pesticide exposure determinants has become an issue in explaining exposure variability and improving control measures. Most studies have been conducted in industrialized countries. The aim of this study ...

    • Determinants of Health in Seasonal Migrants: Coffee Harvesters in Los Santos, Costa Rica 

      Loría Bolaños, Rocío; Partanen, Timo; Alvárez, Benjamín; Córdoba, Leonel (Taylor & Francis, 2013-07-19)
      In the agroexport zone of Los Santos Zone in Costa Rica, coffee is harvested by migrant labor. Most migrants are from Panama and Nicaragua. We describe migrants' housing- and service-related health determinants, with ...

    • Determinants of international variation in the prevalence of disabling wrist and hand pain 

      Coggon, David; Ntani, Georgia; Walker-Bone, Karen; FELLI, VANDA; harari, florencia; Barrero, Lope; Felknor, Sarah; Rojas Garbanzo, Marianela; Cattrell, Anna; Serra, Consol; Borchini, Rossana; Solidaki, Eleni; Merisalu, Eda; Habib, Rima R.; Sadeghian, Farideh; Matsudaira, Ko; Nyantumbu-Mkhize, Busisiwe; Kelsall, Helen; Harcombe, Helen; Muhammad Masood, Kadir (Springer Nature, 2019-09-18)
      Background: Previous research has indicated that wide international variation in the prevalence of disabling low back pain among working populations is largely driven by factors predisposing to musculoskeletal pain more ...

    • Development of quantitative RNA biomarkers for detecting dioxin-like and estrogenic pollutants in Costa Rican native fish species 

      Navarro-Ortega, Alícia; Mena, Freylan; Casado Belloso, Marta; Pinnock Branford, Margaret Verónica; Cruz Malavassi, Elba de la; Barata, Carlos; Piña, B (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 ...

    • Disabling musculoskeletal pain in working populations: is it the job, the person, or the culture? 

      Coggon, David; Ntani, Georgia; Palmer, Keith T.; Felli, Vanda E.; Harari, Raul; Barrero, Lope; Felknor, Sarah; Gimeno, David; Cattrell, Anna; Serra, Consol; Bonzini, Matteo; Solidaki, Eleni; Merisalu, Eda; Habib, Rima R.; Sadeghian, Farideh; Muhammad Masood, Kadir; Warnakulasuriya, Sudath; Matsudaira, Ko; Nyantumbu, Busisiwe; Sim, Malcolm R.; Harcombe, Helen; Cox, Ken; Marziale, Maria Helena Palucci; Sarquis, Leila M.M.; harari, florencia; Freire, Rocio; Harari, Natalia; Monroy Silva, Magda Viviana; Quintana , Leonardo; Rojas, Marianela; Salazar Vega, Eduardo J.; Harris, Clare; Vargas-Prada, Sergio; Martinez, J. Miguel; Delclos, George; Benavides, Fernando G.; Carugno, Michele; Ferrario, Marco M; pesatori, angela; Chatzi, Leda; Bitsios, Panos; Kogevinas, Manolis; Oha, Kristel; Sirk, Tuuli; Sadeghian, Ali; Peiris-John, Roshini; Sathiakumar, Nalini; Wickremasinghe, A. Rajitha; Yoshimura, Noriko; Kelsall, Helen; Hoe, Victor C.W.; Urquhart, Donna M.; Derrett, Sarah; McBride, David; Herbison, Graham Peter; Gray, Andrew (International Association for the Study of Pain, 2013)
      To compare the prevalence of disabling low back pain (DLBP) and disabling wrist/hand pain (DWHP) among groups of workers carrying out similar physical activities in different cultural environments, and to explore explanations ...

    • Dolor musculoesquelético en trabajadores de América Central: resultados de la I Encuesta Centroamericana de Condiciones de Trabajo y Salud 

      Rojas, Marianela; Gimeno, David; Vargas-Prada, Sergio; Benavides, Fernando G. (Panamerican Health Organization, 2015)
      El artículo tiene como objetivo examinar la prevalencia de dolor musculoesquelético (DME) en los seis países de habla hispana de América Central con un instrumento único, la I Encuesta Centroamericana de Condiciones de ...

    • Dust exposure in workers from grain storage facilities in Costa Rica 

      Rodríguez Zamora, María G.; Medina-Escobar, Lourdes; Mora, Glend; Zock, Jan Paul; van Wendel de Joode, Berna; Mora, Ana Maria (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 ...

    • Early Toxic Effects in a Central American Native Fish (Parachromis dovii) Exposed to Chlorpyrifos and Difenoconazole 

      Jiménez, Katherine; Solano, Karla; Scholz, Carola; Redondo López, Sergei; Mena, Freylan (Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 2021-03-18)
      In Costa Rica, agriculture is one of the most important economic activities. Chlorpyrifos and difenoconazole have been identified as agrochemicals widely used in banana and pineapple crops in the Caribbean area of the ...

    • Early-life exposure to Perfluoroalkyl substances and childhood metabolic function 

      Fleisch, Abby F.; Rifas-Shiman, Sheryl L.; Mora, Ana Maria; Calafat, Antonia M.; Ye, Xiaoyun; Gibson, Heike; Gillman, Matthew W.; Oken, Emily; Sagiv, Sharon (Environmental Health Perspectives, 2017-03-01)
      Background: Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are synthetic chemicals that may persist in the environment and in humans. There is a possible association between early-life PFAS exposure and metabolic dysfunction in later ...

    • Ecotoxicological characterization of a tropical soil after diazinon spraying 

      Natal da Luz, Tiago; Moreira-Santos, Matilde; Ruepert, Clemens; Castillo, Luisa E.; Ribeiro, Rui; Sousa, Jose Paulo (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 ...