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Maternal blood and hair manganese concentrations, fetal growth, and length of gestation in the ISA cohort in Costa Rica
(Environmental Research, 2015-01)
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 ...
Social movements and risk perception: unions, churches, pesticides and bananas in Costa Rica
(International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health, vol. 19, no. 1 2013, 2013-11-12)
Background: Between 1992 and 2010 in the Costa Rican Caribbean, a social movement coalition called Foro Emau´s sought to change people’s view on problems of high pesticide use in banana production. Objective: To understand ...
Informe Técnico ISA-05: resultados alternativas agroecológicas para el cultivo de plátano
(Instituto Regional de Estudios en Sustancias Tóxicas, 2014-11)
Lograr una reducción del uso de plaguicidas y de la exposición en comunidades con diferentes sistemas de producción del banano y plátano poniendo a prueba diferentes estrategias para reducir los riesgos y fortaleciendo los ...
3. Informe Técnico ISA 04 Colaboración Programa ISA Y Asistentes Técnicos de Atención Primaria en Salud del Área de Salud de Talamanca: Aprendizaje y estrategias de difusión sobre el uso de plaguicidas y la salud humana
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2014-01)
In the context of the Infants and Environmental Health Program (ISA - www.isa.una.ac.cr)
we started working together with the Primary Care Technical Assistants
in Health (ATAPS) in the upper Talamanca area, with 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 ...