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Does drought incite tree decline and death in Austrocedrus chilensis forests?
(Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc, 2015-11)
Questions: Is mal del ciprés, the widespread decline and death of Austrocedrus chilensis trees, caused by a single pathogen or multiple factors? Using a novel dendrochronological approach, we disentangled the influences ...
Socioeconomic development, health interventions and mortality decline in Costa Rica
(1991-02)
Costa Rica, whose life expectancy was 74 years by 1985, has reached a health level comparable to a developed country. The health achievements of this country are product of political and socioeconomic circumstances as well ...
Infant Mortality in Costa Rica: Explaining the Recent Decline
(1986)
Costa Rica has undergone a dramatic reduction in its infant mortality rate from 68 per 1,000 live
births in 1970 to 20 per 1,000 in 1980. In the present study, changes during this century,
mortality differentials, and ...
Physiological responses of Brazilian amphibians to an enzootic infection of the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
(Inter-research, 2016-01-13)
Pathophysiological effects of clinical chytridiomycosis in amphibians include disorders of cutaneous osmoregulation and disruption of the ability to rehydrate, which can lead to decreased host fitness or mortality. Less ...
The decline of Austrocedrus chilensis forests in Patagonia, Argentina: soil features as predisposing factors
(Elsevier, 2004-01-06)
The forests of Austrocedrus chilensis in southern Argentina suffer mortality from “mal del ciprés”, whose causes remain unknown. The purpose of this work was to establish the relation of soil features with the occurrence ...
MORTALITY IN ANESTHESIA: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW
(Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Hospital das Clínicas, 2009-01-01)
This systematic review of the Brazilian and worldwide literature aims to evaluate the incidence and causes of perioperative and anesthesia-related mortality. Studies were identified by searching the Medline and Scielo ...
Tendencias y características de la mortalidad chilena 1970-2003
(Sociedad Médica de Santiago, 2007)
Batrachochytriurn Dendrobatidis In Near Threatened And Endangered Amphibians In The Southern Brazilian Atlantic Forest
(UNIV ORADEA PUBL HOUSEORADEA, 2015)
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Brazil: mortality and hospitalization trends and rates, 1996-2008
(INT UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS LUNG DISEASE (I U A T L D)PARIS, 2011)
SETTING: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the third leading cause of death among adults in Brazil. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the mortality and hospitalisation trends in Brazil caused by COPD during the period ...