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Contaminación y salud pública en hábitats urbanos: metales pesados en sedimentos viales de Bogotá, Colombia
(Fondo Editorial EIA - Universidad EIA, 2020-02-03)
Los organismos de investigación en urbanismo, ambiente y salud pública reportan el interés creciente de estudiar la contaminación por metales pesados (MP) en hábitats urbanos. Se presenta un estudio observacional descriptivo ...
Ondeando la bandera verde para la paz. Los espacios públicos como sitios de construcción de paz en ciudades colombianas
(Facultad de Finanzas, Gobierno y Relaciones Internacionales, 2018-06-21)
Tradicionalmente, el término “espacio” se relaciona con la localización física, “lugar” con una percepción sociocultural del espacio, mientras que “territorio” normalmente hace referencia al contexto espacial en el cual ...
Prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in rural and urban communities in high-, middle-, and low-income countries
(2013-09-04)
Importance Hypertension is the most important preventable cause of morbidity and mortality globally, yet there are relatively few data collected using standardized methods.
Objective To examine hypertension prevalence, ...
Analysis of spatial mobility in subjects from a dengue endemic urban locality in Morelos State, Mexico
(2017-02-22)
Mathematical models and field data suggest that human mobility is an important driver for Dengue virus transmission. Nonetheless little is known on this matter due the lack of instruments for precise mobility quantification ...
Environmental profile of a community's health (EPOCH) : An instrument to measure environmental determinants of cardiovascular health in five countries
(2010-12-10)
Background: The environment in which people live is known to be important in influencing diet, physical activity, smoking, psychosocial and other risk factors for cardiovascular (CV) disease. However no instrument exists ...
Recuperación urbanística del corredor urbano de la salud Juan del Corral
(Civil, Ambiental Geológica e IndustrialEscuela de Ingeniería de Antioquia EIA, 2014-05-12)
With the constructions of the Hospital San Vicente de Paul building at Medellín, started a new
zone vocation in their surroundings. Several health institutions have being settled close to 51D
avenue, “Avenida Juan del ...
Alcohol consumption and cardiovascular disease, cancer, injury, admission to hospital, and mortality : A prospective cohort study
(2015-10-14)
Background
Alcohol consumption is proposed to be the third most important modifiable risk factor for death and disability. However, alcohol consumption has been associated with both benefits and harms, and previous studies ...
Distribution of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae in Hard Ticks (Ixodida: Ixodidae) from Panamanian Urban and Rural Environments (2007-2013).
(Estados Unidos: Ecohealth, 2016., 2019-10-05)
Tick-borne rickettsiosis is an important emerging disease in Panama; to date, there have been 12 confirmed cases, including eight fatalities. To evaluate the distribution of rickettsiae in Panamanian ticks, we collected ...