Listar Salud por autor "Rosero-Bixby, Luis"

Listar Salud por autor "Rosero-Bixby, Luis"

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  • A case-control study of breast cancer and hormonal contraception in Costa Rica 
    Lee, Nancy C.; Rosero-Bixby, Luis; Oberle, Mark W.; Grimaldo Vásquez, Carmen; Whatley, Annes S.; Rovira, Elizabeth Z. (Oxford University Press, 1987)
    By 1981, 11% of married women in Costa Rica ages 20-49 years had used depot-medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) and 58% had used oral contraceptives (OCs). Since 1977, the Costa Rican Ministry of Health has maintained ...
  • Acceso y disponibilidad de servicios de salud en Costa Rica 2000 
    Rosero-Bixby, Luis (Centro Centroamericano de Población, Universidad de Costa Rica, 2004)
    El estudio ensambla un sistema de información geográfica (SIG) y usa técnicas de análisis espacial para relacionar la población del censo del 2000 (la demanda) con un inventario de los establecimientos de salud (la oferta). ...
  • La actividad sexual en Costa Rica: una medición estadística 
    Rosero-Bixby, Luis; Sosa Jara, Doris; Grimaldo Vásquez, Carmen (Asociación Demográfica Costarricense, 1985)
    Con el objeto de medir la frecuencia de relaciones sexuales entre las parejas costarricenses, se entrevistó. en 1982 a una muestra de más de 800 mujeres que utilizan los servicios públicos de planificación familiar. Se ...
  • Actividad sexual prematrimonial en Costa Rica: incidencia, tendencias y determinantes 
    Rosero-Bixby, Luis (The Alan Guttmacher Institute, 1991)
    Según un modelo de riesgo en que se utilizaron datos retrospectivos de una muestra nacional de mujeres costarricenses de entre 15 y 24 a.os entrevistadas en 1986, cada a.o aproximadamente el 10 por ciento de las mujeres ...
  • Aggregation and insurance-mortality estimation 
    Dow, William H.; González, Kristine A.; Rosero-Bixby, Luis (National Bureau of Economic Research, 2003)
    One goal of government health insurance programs is to improve health, yet little is known empirically about how important such government interventions can be in explaining health transitions. We analyze the child mortality ...
  • Altitude and regional gradients in chronic kidney disease prevalence in Costa Rica: data from the Costa Rican longevity and healthy aging study 
    Harhay, Meera N.; Harhay, Michael O.; Coto Iglesias, Fernando; Rosero-Bixby, Luis (John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2016)
    Recent studies in Central America indicate that mortality attributable to chronic kidney disease (CKD) is rising rapidly. We sought to determine the prevalence and regional variation of CKD and the relationship of ...
  • Breast cancer and hormonal contraceptives : further results 
    Calle, EE.; Heath, CW.; Miracle McMahill, HL.; Coates, RJ.; Liff, JM.; Franceschi, S; Talamini, R.; Chantarakul, N.; Koetsawang, S.; Rachawat, D.; Morabia, A.; Schuman, L.; Stewart, W.; Szklo, M.; Bain, C.; Schofield, F.; Siskind, V.; Band, P; Coldman, AJ.; Gallagher, RP.; Hislop, TG.; Yang, P.; Duffy, SW.; Kolonel, LM. LM.; Nomura, Amy; Oberle, Mark W.; Ory, HW; Peterson, HB; Wilson, HG.; Wingo, PA; Ebeling, K.; Kunde, D.; Nishan, P.; Colditz, G.; Martin, N; Pardthaisong, T.; Silpisornkosol, S.; Theetranont, C.; Boosiri, B; Chutivongse, S; Jimakorn, P.; Virutamasen, P.; Wongsrichanalai, C.; McMichael, AJ.; Rohan, T.; Ewertz, M.; Paul, C.; Skegg, DCG.; Spears, GFS.; Boyle, P; Evstifeeva, T.; Daling, JR.; Malone, K.; Noonan, EA.; Stanford, JL.; Thomas, DB.; Weiss, NS.; White, E.; Andrieu, N.; Bremond, A. A.; Clavel, F.; Gairard, B.; Lansac, J.; Piana, L.; Renaud, R.; Fine, SRP.; Cuevas, HR.; Ontiveros, P.; Palet, A.; Salazar, SB.; Aristizabel, N.; Cuadros, A.; Bachelot, A.; Le, MG.; Deacon, J.; Peto, J.; Taylor, CN.; Alfandary, E.; Modan, B.; Ron, E.; Friedman, GD.; Hiatt, RA.; Bishop, T; Kosmelj, K.; Primic Zakelj, M.; Ravnihar, B.; Stare, J.; Beeson, WL.; Fraser, G.; Allen, DS.; Bulbrook, RD.; Cuzick, J.; Fentiman, IS.; Hayward, JL.; Wang, DY.; Hanson, RL.; Leske, MC.; Mahoney, MC.; Nasca, PC.; Varma, AO; Weinstein, AL.; Moller, TR.; Olsson, H.; Ranstam, J.; Goldbohm, RA.; Van den Brandt, PA.; Apelo, RA.; Baens, J.; Cruz de la, JR.; Javier, B.; Lacaya, LB.; Ngelangel, CA.; La Vecchia, C.; Negri, E.; Marbuni, E.; Ferraroni, M.; Gerber, M.; Richardson, S.; Segala, C.; Gatei, D.; Kenya, P.; Kungu, A.; Mati, JG.; Brinton, LA.; Hoover, R.; Schairer, C.; Spirtas, R.; Rookus, MA.; Van Leeuwen, FE.; Schoenberg, JA.; Lee, HP.; Gammon, MD.; Clarke, EA.; Jones, L.; McPherson, K.; Neil, A.; Vessey, M.; Yeates, D.; Beral, V.; Bull, D.; Crossley, B.; Hermon, C.; Jones, S.; Key, T.; Lewis, C.; Reeves, G.; Smith, P.; Collins, R.; Doll, R.; Peto, R.; Hannaford, P.; Kay, C.; Rosero-Bixby, Luis; Yuan, J-M.; Wei, HY.; Yun, T.; Zhiheng, C.; Berry, G.; Cooper Booth, J.; Jelihovsky, T.; MacLennan, R.; Shearman, R.; Wang, Q-S.; Baines, CJ.; Miller, AB.; Wall, C.; Lund, E.; Stalsberg, H.; Dabancens, A.; Martínez, L.; Molina, R.; Salas, O.; Alexander, FE.; Hulka, BS.; Chilvers, CED.; Bernstein, L.; Haile, RW.; Paganini Hill, A.; Pike, MC.; Ross, RK.; Ursin, G.; Yu, MC.; Adami, HO.; Bergstrom, R.; Longnecker, MP.; Newcomb, P.; Hoick, S.; Meirik, O. (Elsevier, 1996)
    The Collaborative Group on Hormonal Factors in Breast Cancer has brought together and reanalysed the worldwide epidemiological evidence on breast cancer risk and use of hormonal contraceptives. Original data from 54 studies, ...
  • Breast cancer and hormonal contraceptives: collaborative reanalysis of individual data on 53 297 women with breast cancer and 100 239 women without breast cancer from 54 epidemiological studies 
    Collaborative Group on Hormonal Factors in Breast Cancer; Rosero-Bixby, Luis (Lancet Publishing Group, 1996)
    Background The Collaborative Group on Hormonal Factors in Breast Cancer has brought together and reanalysed the worldwide epidemiological evidence on the relation between breast cancer risk and use of hormonal contraceptives. ...
  • Breast cancer and hormone replacement therapy: collaborative reanalysis of data from 51 epidemiological studies of 52 705 women with breast cancer and 108 411 women without breast cancer 
    Rosero-Bixby, Luis (Lancet Publishing Group, 1997)
    Background The Collaborative Group on Hormonal Factors In Breast Cancer has brought together and reanalysed about 90% of the worldwide epidemiological evidence on the relation between risk of breast cancer and use of ...
  • The causal role of reduced child mortality on contemporary fertility transitions 
    Rosero-Bixby, Luis (International Union for the Scientific Study of Population, 1997)
    To what extent does reduced child mortality explain the fertility transition in developing countries? Is decreasing child mortality a prerequisite-a necessary condition-for decreasing fertility? May decreasing child mortality ...
  • Cáncer en Costa Rica 
    Sierra, Rafaela; Rosero-Bixby, Luis; Antich Montero, Daniel; Muñoz, Georgina (Editorial de la Universidad de Costa Rica, 1995)
    El aumento en la incidencia de algunos canceres en las ultimas décadas hace que esta enfermedad sea un problema para la salud de nuestra civilización y para la longevidad lograda por esta. El cáncer constituye uno ...
  • Cervical cancer risk and use of depot-medroxyprogesterone acetate in Costa Rica 
    Oberle, Mark W.; Irwin, Kathleen L.; Rosero-Bixby, Luis; Fortney, Judith A.; Lee, Nancy C.; Whatley, Annes S.; Bonhomme, Michele G. (International Epidemiological Association, 1988)
    The long-term safety of the injectable contraceptive, depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA), has been the subject of intense debate, chiefly because of reports of breast and endometrial neoplasia in animal studies. Most ...
  • Child mortality and the fertility transition: aggregated and multilevel evidence from Costa Rica 
    Rosero-Bixby, Luis (National Academy Press, 1998)
    Is decreasing child mortality a prerequisite—a necessary condition—for decreasing fertility? Can decreasing child mortality alone trigger the fertility transition? These questions have important policy implications. ...
  • Confirmación histológica del diagnóstico de cáncer cérvico uterino en Costa Rica 1982-84 
    Oberle, Mark W.; Rosero-Bixby, Luis; Mekbel Achit, Saeed (Colegio de Médicos y Cirujanos de Costa Rica, 1990)
    Un panel de patólogos costarricenses efectuó un análisis histológico de las biopsias de 677 casos de cáncer de cuello de útero in situ e invasor diagnosticados en Costa Rica en 1982 - 1984. El panel confirmó el diagnóstico ...
  • Costa Rica saves infants' lives 
    Rosero-Bixby, Luis (World Health Organization, 1988)
    Between 1970 and 1980 the infant mortality rate in Costa Rica fell from 68 to 20 per 1000 live births. Socioeconomic gains during the 1970s helped to bring this about but the main factor consisted of health interventions, ...
  • El descenso de la natalidad en Costa Rica 
    Rosero-Bixby, Luis (Asociación Demográfica Costarricense, 1984)
    Se estima que la mortalidad comenzó a disminuir en Costa Rica a mediados del siglo pasado (Pérez, 1978), en tanto que la natalidad se mantuvo alta hasta alrededor de 1960. Esto hizo que la población del país aumentase cada ...
  • Descriptive epidemiology of cancer of the breast and uterine cervix in Costa Rica 
    Rosero-Bixby, Luis; Grimaldo Vásquez, Carmen (Pan American Health Organization, 1987)
    Cancer is currently the second leading cause of death in Costa Rica, with malignant tumors of the stomach, uterus, lung, and breast (in that order) causing the most deaths. In terms of incidence, cancers of the uterine ...
  • Determinantes del descenso de la mortalidad infantil en Costa Rica 
    Rosero-Bixby, Luis (Organización Panamericana de la Salud, 1985)
    En Costa Rica, la tasa de mortalidad infantil se ha reducido notablemente de 68 por 1 000 en 1970 a 20 por 1 000 en 1980. Con el propósito de identificar los posibles determinantes de esta reducción se analizaron los ...
  • Determinantes socieconómicos y sanitarios del descenso de la mortalidad infantil 
    Rosero-Bixby, Luis (PAHO, 1985)
    Durante la década de los 70 la mortalidad de Costa Rica prácticamente ha cerrado la brecha que le separaba de la de los países más desarrollados. Se estima que en 1980 la expectativa de vida al nacer de un costarricense ...
  • Differences in the association of cardiovascular risk factors with education: A comparison of Costa Rica (CRELES) and the USA (NHANES) 
    Rehkopf, David H.; Dow, William H.; Rosero-Bixby, Luis (Department of Epidemiology, University of California, 2009)
    Despite different levels of economic development, Costa Rica and the USA have similar mortalities among adults. However, in the USA there are substantial differences in mortality by educational attainment, and in Costa ...

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