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    • A participatory assessment of ecosystem services and human wellbeing in Rural Costa Rica using Photo-Voice 

      Berbes-Blazquez, Marta (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? 

      Van Wendel de Joode, Berendina; Wesseling Hoogervors, Catharina; Crowe, Jennifer (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 health effects of organophosphorus pesticides on Tanzanian small-scale coffee growers 

      Ngowi, Aiwerasia; Maeda, David; Partanen, Timo; Sanga, Michael (Nature Publishing Group, 2001-07-01)
      A cute health effects of organophosphorus (PP) pesticides on coffee farmworkers in 1991-1992 in Tanzania are reported to provide a basis for concern over farmworkers being overexposed during application. Workers exposed ...
    • Acute, chronic and biochemical effects of chlorothalonil on Agalychnis callidryas, Isthmohyla pseudopuma and Smilisca baudinii tadpoles 

      Méndez, Michael; Obando, Priscilla; Pinnock Branford, Margaret Verónica; Ruepert, Clemens; Castillo, Luisa E.; Mena, Freylan; Alvarado, Gilbert (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) 

      van Wendel de Joode, Berna; Mora, Ana Maria; Cordoba, Leonel; Cano, Juan Camilo; Quesada, Rosario; Faniband, Moosa; Wesseling, Catharina; Ruepert, Clemens; Öberg, Mattias; Eskenazi, Brenda; Mergler, Donna; Lindh, Christian (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 ...
    • Agricoh: A consortium of agricultural cohorts 

      Leon, Maria; Beane Freeman, Laura; Douwes, Jeroen; Hoppin, Jane; Kromhout, Hans; Lebailly, Pierre; Christian Nordby, Karl; Schenker, Marc; Schüz, Joachim; Waring, Stephen; Alavanja, Michael; Annesi Maesano, Isabella; Baldi, Isabelle; Aqiel Dalvie, Mohamed; Ferro, Giles; Fervers, Beatris; Langseth, Hilde; London, Leslie; Lynch, Charles; McLaughlin, John; Merchant, James; Pahwa, Punam; Sigsgaard, Torben; Stayner, Leslie; Wesseling, Catharina; Keun-Young, Yoo; Zahm, Sheila; Straif, Kurt; Blair, Aaron (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute(MDPI), Switzerland., 2011-04-29)
      AGRICOH is a recently formed consortium of agricultural cohort studies involving 22 cohorts from nine countries in five continents: South Africa (1), Canada (3), Costa Rica (2), USA (6), Republic of Korea (1), New Zealand ...
    • Assessment of dermal exposure to bitumen condensate among road paving and mastic crews with an observational method 

      Agostini, Michela; Wouter, Fransman; De Vocht, Frank; Van Wendel de Joode, Berna; Kromhout, Hans (Oxford University Press, 2011-05-19)
      Objective: To assess dermal exposure to bitumen condensate among road pavers and indoor mastic workers in multiple crews using a semi-quantitative observational method [DeRmal Exposure Assessment Method (DREAM)].Methods: ...
    • Assessment of pesticide exposure in the agricultural population of Costa Rica 

      Monge, Patricia; Partanen, Timo; Wesseling, Catharina; Bravo, Viria; Ruepert, Clemens; Burstyn, Igor (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 ...
    • Basic questionnaire and methodological criteria for Surveys on Working Conditions, Employment, and Health in Latin America and the Caribbean 

      Benavides, Fernando; Merino Salazar, Pamela; Cornelio, Cecilia; Avila Assunção, Ada; Agudelo Suárez, Andrés; Amable, Marcelo; Artazcoz, Lucía; Astete, Jonh; Berhó, Fabián; Carmenate Milián, Lino; Delclòs, George; Funcasta, Lorena; Gerke, Johanna; Gimeno, David; Itatí Iñiguez, María José; Lima, Eduardo de Paula; Martínez Iñigo, David; Medeiros, Adriane Mesquita de; Orta, Lida; Pinilla, Javier; Rodrigo, Fernando; Rojas, Marianela; Sabastizagal, Iselle; Vallebuona, Clelia; Vermeylen, Greet; Villalobos, Gloria; Vives, Alejandra; Barraza, Douglas (Cadernos de Saúde Pública, Rio de Janeiro, 2016-09-01)
      El objetivo de este trabajo es presentar un cuestionario básico y criterios metodológicos mínimos, para ser considerados en futuras Encuestas sobre Condiciones de Trabajo, Empleo y Salud (ECTES) en América Latina y el ...
    • Biomarkers of manganese exposure in pregnant women and children living in an agricultural community in California 

      Gunier, Robert; Mora, Ana María; Smith, Donald; Arora, Manish; Austin, Christine; Eskenazi, Brenda; Bradman, Asa (American Chemical Society, 2014)
      Manganese (Mn) is an essential nutrient but at high exposure levels is a neurotoxicant. There is no wellvalidated biomarker to assess perinatal Mn exposure. A total of 75 mother-child pairs provided blood, urine, and/or ...
    • Blood and hair manganese concentrations in pregnant women from the infants' environmental health study (ISA) in Costa Rica 

      Mora, Ana María; van Wendel de Joode, Berna; Mergler, Donna; Córdoba, Leonel; Cano, Camilo; Quesada, Rosario; Smith, Donald R; Lindh, Christian H; Bradman, Asa; Eskenazi, Brenda; Menezes-Filho, José A.; Lundh, Thomas (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 ...
    • Caesarean delivery and risk of childhood leukaemia: a pooled analysis from the Childhood Leukemia International Consortium (CLIC) 

      Marcotte, Erin; Thomopoulos, Thomas P; Infante Rivard, Claire; Clavel, Jacqueline; Schuz, Joachim; Ezzat, Sameera; Dockerty, John; Metayer, Catherine; Magnani, Corrado; Scheurer, Michael; Mueller, Beth; Mora, Ana M; Wesseling, Catharina; Skalkidou, Alkistis; Rashed, Wafaa; Francis, Stephen; Ajrouche, Roula; Erdmann, Friederike; Orsi, Laurent; Spector, Logan G (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 ...
    • Cambios en la superficie sembrada de palma aceitera en el cantón de Osa, Puntarenas. Período 2014-2018 

      Salas González, Denis Mauricio (Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2020-06-29)
      El cultivo de palma aceitera muestra un acelerado crecimiento a nivel mundial. Según datos oficia-les, solo en la región latinoamericana se evidencia un crecimiento del 150,8% en el área cultivada de palma de aceite al ...
    • Can a mixture of agrochemicals (glyphosate, chlorpyrifos and chlorothalonil) mask the perception of an individual chemical? A hidden trap underlying ecological risk 

      Mena, Freylan; Romero, Adarli; Blasco, Julián; Araújo, Cristiano VM (Elsevier, 2022-01)
      As aquatic environments associated with conventional agriculture are exposed to various pesticides, it is important to identify any possible interactions that modify their effects when in a mixture. We applied avoidance ...
    • CKD of unknown origin in Central America: The case for a mesoamerican nephropathy 

      Correa-Rotter, Ricardo; Wesseling, Catharina; Johnson, Richard (National Kidney Foundation, 2014-01-13)
      An epidemic of chronic kidney disease of unknown origin has emerged in the last decade in Central America and has been named Mesoamerican nephropathy. This form of chronic kidney disease is present primarily in young male ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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.
    • 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 ...