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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 ...
Prenatal mancozeb exposure, excess manganese, and neurodevelopment at 1 year of age in the Infants' Environmental Health (ISA) study
(Environmental Health Perspectives, 2018-05-29)
BACKGROUND: Although growing evidence suggests that early-life excess manganese (Mn) impairs neurodevelopment, data on the neurodevelopmental effects of mancozeb, a fungicide containing Mn, and its main metabolite ...
Microplastics: New substrates for heterotrophic activity contribute to altering organic matter cycles in aquatic ecosystems
(Elsevier, 2018-09-01)
Heterotrophic microbes with the capability to process considerable amounts of organic matter can colonize
microplastic particles (MP) in aquatic ecosystems. Weather colonization of microorganisms on MP will alter eco ...
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 ...
Maternal residential pesticide use and risk of childhoodleukemia in Costa Rica
(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 ...