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| Marcia ErazoSummaryAffiliation: Universidad de Chile Country: Chile Publications
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[Smoking and lung cancer: attributable risks according to gender]Marcia Erazo B
Programa de Doctorado en Salud Pública, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Rev Med Chil 136:1272-80. 2008..The association between Lung Cancer and smoking is well documented. However there is less information about the estimation of its attributable fraction and population burden...
Secondhand tobacco smoke in bars and restaurants in Santiago, Chile: evaluation of partial smoking ban legislation in public placesMarcia Erazo
Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
Tob Control 19:469-74. 2010....
[The work environment as a source of exposure to secondhand smoke: a study in workers of bars and restaurants of Santiago, Chile]Paulina Aceituno
Escuela de Salud Publica, Universidad de Chile, Chile
Rev Med Chil 138:1517-23. 2010..Secondhand smoke (SHS) is an established cause of morbidity and mortality among non-smokers. The workplace is an important source of exposure, especially among workers of restaurants, bars and nightclubs...
[Indices of public health services and resource allocation from the Health Ministry of Chile]Hugo Salinas
Departamento de Obstetricia y Ginecologia, Hospital Clinico de la Universidad de Chile
Rev Med Chil 132:1532-42. 2004..Chile has a National Health Services System, formed by 29 Health Services. An efficient resource distribution among this services is crucial for an efficient health care delivery...
[Smoking and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: attributable risk determination]Hugo Amigo
Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile
Rev Med Chil 134:1275-82. 2006..Smoking is the main risk factor for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), an important cause of morbidity and mortality...
[Determinant factors of excess of weight in school children: a multilevel study]Hugo Amigo
Departamento de Nutricion, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Rev Med Chil 135:1510-8. 2007..Rates of obesity reach high levels in Chile, with geographic, social and school variations...
[Nutritional surveillance in Chilean schoolchildren: validity of the information]Hugo Amigo
Departamento de Nutricion, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Rev Med Chil 136:989-95. 2008..Anthropometry is used to survey health and nutritional situation of the population. Therefore the quality of the information that is being used must be evaluated...
[Study of variables associated with skin cancer in Chile using principal component analysis]Hugo Salinas
, Universidad de Chile, Santiago de Chile, Chile
Actas Dermosifiliogr 97:241-6. 2006..79 % of the variance, and is related to population characteristics, such as total catchment population, female population and urban population. CONCLUSION: Performing PCA is useful in studying the factors associated with skin cancer...
