[Guidelines for the prevention of opportunistic infections in persons with HIV or AIDS in Latin America and the Caribbea...
Published in Boletin de la Oficina Sanitaria Panamericana. Pan American Sanitary Bureau
[Specialized care of neurological diseases in Colombia].
Published in Boletin de la Oficina Sanitaria Panamericana. Pan American Sanitary Bureau
This study sought to reveal the patterns of medical care given to patients with neurologic diseases in Colombia. To that end, it tracked the daily activities of 30 neurologists chosen from a representative sample of 119 neurologists registered in Colombia in 1993. The information was requested by means of a previously standardized questionnaire and...
[Duration of breast-feeding in the Dominican Republic].
Published in Boletin de la Oficina Sanitaria Panamericana. Pan American Sanitary Bureau
The present study reanalyzed data from the Dominican Republic National Health Survey, conducted in 1991, in order to identify the socioeconomic characteristics and the factors related to medical care, the pregnancy, and the child which influenced the total duration of breast-feeding (TDBF). A representative sample of 1984 mother-infant pairs was st...
[Epidemiological surveillance of homicides and suicides. A report on the Cali workshop].
Published in Boletin de la Oficina Sanitaria Panamericana. Pan American Sanitary Bureau
Underregistration of homicides and suicides is a problem that exists in most of the countries of the region, owing to the variety of ways these causes are coded and analyzed, insufficient funding for information management, and lack of trained personnel, of coordinated data collection, and of a non-centralized system for issuing reports. The health...
[Child mortality rates: a bilingual terminology review].
Published in Boletin de la Oficina Sanitaria Panamericana. Pan American Sanitary Bureau
[Dietetic factors in epidemic neuropathy on Isla de la Juventud, Cuba].
Published in Boletin de la Oficina Sanitaria Panamericana. Pan American Sanitary Bureau
The epidemic of neuropathy that arose in Cuba in late 1991 has clinical manifestations similar to those of other neuropathies that are nutritional in origin. In an effort to identify its possible association with the diet, a case-control study was conducted at the beginning of the epidemic in Isla de la Juventud. Dietary intake was assessed through...
[The relationship of the immunodeficiency virus, AIDS and tuberculosis in New York City].
Published in Boletin de la Oficina Sanitaria Panamericana. Pan American Sanitary Bureau
[A technical disagreement].
Published in Boletin de la Oficina Sanitaria Panamericana. Pan American Sanitary Bureau
[A decrease in the incidence of infantile diarrhea due to the promotion of breast feeding in Mexico].
Published in Boletin de la Oficina Sanitaria Panamericana. Pan American Sanitary Bureau
[Society, violence and health].
Published in Boletin de la Oficina Sanitaria Panamericana. Pan American Sanitary Bureau
