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C.J. WYATT ; R.O. MENDEZ ; R.T. OLIVAS ACOSTA ; V.L. QUIROGA ; Centro de Investigaciones en Alimentacion y Desarrollo. Hermosillo Sonora. MEX |[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST WAI4tR0x. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Arsenic (As) is a common element in the environment with many industrial uses, but it also can be a contaminant in drinking water and present serious health concerns. [...]![]()
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R. CASTRO ; P. AGGLETON ; E. EROZA ; J.J. HERNANDEZ ; E. OROZCO |[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST IyEOR0xK. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. This paper presents findings from a qualitative study of household and community responses to HIV/AIDS in Mexico. Fieldwork took place in two contrasting settings : (a[...]![]()
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST 27GYR0xk. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. To date there have been few studies of professional women in health care in the developing world. With the increased feminization of the Mexican health work force, an [...]![]()
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A.C. GORTER ; H. ALBERTS ; P. MORALES ; J. PAUW ; R.M. PEREZ ; P. SANDIFORD ; Fundacion de Desarrollo Social y Economico del Area Rural Desear Villa Carlos Fonseca. NIC |[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST 1rQ1sR0x. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Background Childhood diarrhoea is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Nicaragua. Amongst the risk factors for its transmission are'poor'hygiene practices. We[...]![]()
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N. BRUCE ; E. BOY ; L. NEUFELD ; C. WEST ; Department of Public Health. University of Liverpool. Whelan Building. Quadrangle. Liverpool. GBR |[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST 12m9eR0x. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Background A number of studies have reported associations between indoor biofuel air pollution in developing countries and chronic obstructive lung disease COLD) in ad[...]![]()
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST R0xajy49. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Relationships among women's employment, child care strategies, and nutritional status of children 12-18 months of age were examined in 80 Nicaraguan households sampled[...]![]()
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M. HEINRICH ; A. ANKLI ; B. FREI ; O. STICHER ; C. WEIMANN ; Department of Pharmacy. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Eth Zurich. Zurich. CHE ; Institute of Pharmaceutical Biology. Freiburg. DEU |[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST c6QpnR0x. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Medicinal plants are an important element of indigenous medical systems in Mexico. These resources are usually regarded as part of a culture's traditional knowledge. T[...]![]()
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R.D. BAER ; J. GARCIA DE ALBA ; N. GOSLIN ; R. MARES LEAL ; A.R. PLASCENCIA CAMPOS ; Department of Anthropology. University of South Florida. Tampa FL. USA ; School of Public Health. University of Guadalajara. Guadalajara Jalisco. MEX |[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST jnSM6R0x. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. This paper discusses research designed to investigate community, clinic. and longitudinal patterns in use of lead as a treatment for empacho, a folk illness manifest b[...]![]()
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST buyR0x18. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Dans notre population d'étude (55 mères antillaises multipares âgées en moyenne de 25 ans et demi) contrairement aux attentes, nous avons pu observer des pratiques et [...]![]()
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST JEjaR0xg. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Great hope is accorded to community participation in health. A large number of potential benefits are attributed to participatory processes, including better addressin[...]![]()
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Martin-C Gulliford ; D. MAHABIR ; Nutrition and Metabolism Division. Ministry of Health. Trinidad and Tobago. And Division of Public Health Sciences Umds. Guy's and St Thomas'Medical and Dental Schools. London. GBR |[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST 167R0xXQ. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Associations between socio-economic status and non-communicable diseases in middle income countries have received little study. We conducted an interview survey to eva[...]![]()
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J.J. GOEDERT ; R.J. BIGGAR ; T.R. COTE ; M.H. GAIL ; E.S. JAFFE ; D.W. KINGMA ; S.M. SCOPPA ; P. VIRGO ; Aids-Cancer Match Study Group. INC ; Laboratory of Pathology. National Cancer Institute. Bethesda. USA ; Viral Epidemiology Branch. National Cancer Institute. Rockville. USA |[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST 15pR0xkC. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Background To clarify which types of cancer result from AIDS, we compared the cancer experiences of people with AIDS with those of the general population by matching p[...]![]()
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A.A. Martin ; R. CAMACHO ; L.M. Fernandez ; Y.H. GALAN ; M. GRAUPERA ; M. LEZCANO ; P. LORENZO-LUACES ; A.J. Rodriguez ; National Cancer Registry. National Institute of Oncology. Havana. CUB |[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST OSSF9R0x. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. In Cuba, the illness that produces most deaths among 1-64-year-olds is cancer. Over 65, it is the second cause of death after heart diseases. A National Cancer Registr[...]![]()
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST Tza1R0xe. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Haiti has one of the highest rates of maternal mortality in the Caribbean. The "Three Delays" model proposes that pregnancy-related mortality is overwhelmingly due to [...]![]()
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST 2oJdXR0x. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Background During the past two decades, health interview surveys have become an increasingly common source of information about current morbidity patterns and utilizat[...]