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Snakebite mortality in Costa Rica
(1997-11)
The mortality rate due to snakebite envenomation in Costa Rica was estimated from 1952 to 1993. The highest mortality was observed during the 1950s and 1960s, with the highest rate of 4.83 per 100,000 population in 1953. ...
Seasonal Variation of Peripheral Blood Leukocyte Telomere Length in Costa Rica: A Population-Based Observational Study
(2014)
ABSTRACT: Objectives: Peripheral blood leukocyte telomere length (LTL) is increasingly being used as a biomarker of aging, but its natural variation in human populations is not well understood. Several other biomarkers ...
Association of Apolipoprotein E-e4 and Dementia Declines with Age
(2014-10)
To study the association of dementia with apolipoprotein E-e4 (APOE-e4) and its interaction with age in a nonagenarian Costa Rican group (N-sample) and a general elderly contrast group (GE-sample).
In both case-control ...
Generational Transfers and Population Aging in Latin America
(Population and Development review 37 (Supplement): 143–157 (2011) 143, 2011)
Population aging, a direct consequence of the demographic transition, is often portrayed in negative, even dire terms. This chapter examines some of the probable effects of population aging in Latin America within the ...
Predicting Survival from Telomere Length versus Conventional Predictors: A Multinational Population-Based Cohort Study
(2016-04)
Telomere length has generated substantial interest as a potential predictor of aging- related diseases and mortality. Some studies have reported significant associations, but few have tested its ability to discriminate ...
Longer leukocyte telomere length in Costa Rica's Nicoya Peninsula: A population-based study
(2013)
Studies in humans suggest that leukocyte telomere length may act as a marker of biological aging. We investigated whether individuals in the Nicoya region of Costa Rica, known for exceptional longevity, had longer telomere ...
Age-dependent effects of environmental enrichment on spatial memory and neurochemistry
(2015)
Although aging and environmental stimulation are well-known to affect cognitive abilities, the question
of whether aging effects can be distinguished in already-mature adult rats has not been fully addressed.
In the ...
A mobile application that allows children in the early childhood to program robots
(2016)
Children born in the Information Age are digital natives; this characteristic should be exploited to improve the learning process through the use of technology. This paper addresses the design, construction, and evaluation ...
Reproductive history and breast cancer in a population of high fertility, Costa Rica, 1984-85
(1987)
The relationship between breast cancer and women's reproductive history in Costa Rica was analyzed using logistic regression methods on data from 171 breast cancer cases and 826 population-based controls aged 25–58 years. ...