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    • 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 ...

    • Ecotoxicological evaluation of aquaculture and agriculture sediments with biochemical biomarkers and bioassays: antimicrobial potential exposure 

      Arias-Andrés, María; Mena, Freylan; Pinnock Branford, Margaret Verónica (Journal of Environmental Biology, 2014-01)
      Inappropriate practices and lack of regulations regarding antimicrobial use in agricultural production of developing countries increase the risk of exposure to aquatic ecosystems. Sediments may act as sink of antimicrobial ...

    • Effect of the veterinary ionophore monensin on the structure and activity of a tropical soil bacterial community 

      Granados Chinchilla, Fabio; Arias Andrés, María de Jesús; Fernández Montes de Oca, María Laura; Rodríguez, César; Arias Andrés, María de Jesús (Taylor and Francis Inc., 2019-10-07)
      Monensin (MON) is a coccidiostat used as a growth promoter that can reach the environment through fertilization with manure from farm animals. To verify whether field-relevant concentrations of this drug negatively ...

    • Environmental Health Threats to Latino Migrant Farmworkers 

      Castillo, Federico; Mora, Ana M.; Kayser, Georgia L.; Vanos, Jennifer; Hyland, Carly; Yang, Audrey R.; Eskenazi, Brenda (Annual Reviews Inc., 2021-01-04)
      Approximately 75% of farmworkers in the United States are Latino migrants, and about 50% of hired farmworkers do not have authorization to work in the United States. Farmworkers face numerous chemical, physical, and ...

    • Evaluación preliminar del área agrícola y su influencia sobre la calidad del agua en el Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica 

      Fournier, María Luisa; Castillo, Luisa E.; Ramírez-Muñoz, Fernando; Moraga López, Geannina; Ruepert, Clemens (Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica., 2019)
      Se realizó una evaluación preliminar de la agricultura en las subcuencas Esquinas, Coto Colorado, Rincón, Conte, Agujas, Tigre y Palma, como criterio base para el diseño de un plan de seguimiento de la calidad del agua que ...

    • Evaluation of a battery of toxicity tests for use in the assessment of water quality in a Costa Rican laboratory 

      Castillo, Luisa Eugenia; Pinnock, Margareth; Martínez, Eduardo (Wiley Periodicals, Estados Unidos, 2000)
      The Laboratory for Ecotoxicological Studies (ECOTOX) of IRET evaluated the following toxicity tests: Daphnia magna (daphnia test), Hydra attenuata (hydra test), Allium sp. (onion test), Panagrellus redivivus (nematode ...

    • Evaluation of two self-administered questionnaires to ascertain dermatitis among metal workers and its relation with exposure to metal working fluids 

      van Wendel de Joode, Berna; Vermeulen, Roel; Heederik, Dick; van Ginkel, Kees; Kromhout, Hans (Blackwell Publishing, Dinamarca., 2007)
      We performed an exploratory study to evaluate 2 self-administered questionnaires assessing hand dermatitis and to investigate a possible exposure-response relation between dermal exposure to semisynthetic metal working ...

    • Exposure to common-use pesticides, manganese, lead, and thyroidfunction among pregnant women from the Infants' EnvironmentalHealth (ISA) study, Costa Rica 

      Corrales-Vargas, Andrea; Peñaloza Castañeda, Jorge; Rietz Liljedahl, Emelie; Rietz Liljedahl, Emelie; Mora, Ana Maria; Menezes-Filho, José Antonio; Smith, Donald R.; Mergler, Donna; Reich, Brian; Giffin, Andrew; Hoppin, Jane; Lindh, Christian; van Wendel de Joode, Berna (Elsevier, 2021-10-28)
      Background:Pesticides and metals may disrupt thyroid function, which is key to fetal brain development.Objectives:To evaluate if current-use pesticide exposures, lead and excess manganese alter free thyroxine (FT4),freet ...

    • Exposure to multiple pesticides and neurobehavioral outcomes among smallholder farmers in Uganda 

      Fuhrimann, Samuel; Farnham, Andrea; Staudacher, Philipp; Atuhaire, Aggrey; Kromhout, Hans; Mora, Ana Maria; Manfioletti, Tiziana; Niwagaba, Charles B.; Namirembe, Sarah; Mugweri, Jonathan; Winkler, Mirko; Portengen, Lutzen (Elsevier, 2021-03-20)
      Background: Multiple epidemiological studies have shown that exposure to single pesticide active ingredients or chemical groups is associated with adverse neurobehavioral outcomes in farmers. In agriculture, exposure to ...

    • Exposure to obesogenic endocrine disrupting chemicals and obesity among youth of Latino or Hispanic origin in the United States and Latin America: A lifecourse perspective 

      Perng, Wei; Cantoral, Alejandra; Soria Contreras, Diana Cristina; Betanzos, Larissa; Kordas, Katarzyna; Liu, Yun; Mora, Ana Maria; Corvalan, Camila; Pereira, Anita; Cardoso, Marly; Chavarro, Jorge; Breton, Carrie; Meeker, John; Harley, Kim; Eskenazi, Brenda; Peterson, Karen; Téllez Rojo, Martha (Wiley, 2021-02-26)
      Following a 2019 workshop led by the Center for Global Health Studies at the Fogarty International Center on the topic of childhood obesity prevention and research synergies transpiring from cross-border collaborations, ...