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Early tobacco and alcohol consumption as modifying risk factors on marijuana use Consumo precoz de tabaco y alcohol como factores modificadores del riesgo de uso de marihuana
(2007)
Objective: To assess the relationship between early tobacco and alcohol use and the risk of marijuana consumption among schoolchildren. Methods: A cross-sectional study comprising data from the Fourth National Study on ...
Epidemiology and quality of life of patients with psoriasis in Chile
(2011)
Background: Clinical characteristics of psoriasis vary between different races and climates. There are few data on Latin American and even fewer on Chilean patients with psoriasis. Objectives: To assess that clinical ...
Clinical and epidemiological features of myasthenia gravis in Chilean population
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2018)
© 2018 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd Objective: To provide an estimated prevalence and describe the clinical features of myasthenia gravis (MG) in Chile. Method: We carried out (i) a prevalence ...
El papel de la epidemiología ambiental en el desarrollo disciplinar de la epidemiología.
(2011-10-18)
Introducción: A pesar de las contribuciones hechas a las ciencias de la salud, la epidemiología no ha desarrollado de
manera extensa un cuerpo teórico que le ayude a proporcionar, como se la ha pedido, el fundamento ...
Epidemiology of tension-type headache in Santiago, Chile: A prevalence study
(1998)
Objective: To describe the importance of tension-type headache (TTH) in Santiago, Chile, by analyzing its prevalence, clinical features, and impact by age, gender, and socioeconomic status, using widely accepted international ...
Cambios del patrón de enfermedad en la postransición epidemiológica en salud en Chile, 1950-2003
(2006)
Background: During the twentieth century there was a change in
the pattern of diseases in Europe, with an increase in the incidence of allergies and
autoimmune disorders, that paralleled a decrease of infectious conditions. ...
Overestimation of abortion in Colombia and other Latin American countries Sobrestimación del aborto inducido en Colombia y otros países latinoamericanos
(2012)
Recently, the Guttmacher Institute estimated a number of 400,400 clandestine abortions for Colombia. Because of the strong implications that such brief could have in different areas of interest, a full revision of the ...
Distribución de la COVID-19 y tuberculosis en la Región Metropolitana de Chile: diferentes enfermedades, similares desigualdades
(Sociedad Médica de Santiago, 2020)
Background: Poor living conditions promote the spread of communicable diseases. It happened with Tuberculosis (TB) and is happening with COVID-19. Due to its dynamic nature, this group of diseases must be studied in the ...