[Prevalence of anaemia in schoolchildren in the Amazon area of Ecuador]Edy Quizhpe
Instituto de Epidemiología y Salud Comunitaria Manuel Amunárriz, Quito, Ecuador
Rev Panam Salud Publica 13:355-61. 2003
..To determine the prevalence of anemia in rural school-age children in the Amazon region of Ecuador...
- Pesticide use among farmers in the Amazon basin of Ecuador
Anna Karin Hurtig
Instituto de Epidemiología y Salud Comunitaria Manuel Amunárriz, Quito, Ecuador
Arch Environ Health 58:223-8. 2003
..Training and educational campaigns on pesticide use should be encouraged for this cohort, along with suggestions for alternative methods of pest control...
- Incidence of childhood leukemia and oil exploitation in the Amazon basin of Ecuador
Anna Karin Hurtig
Instituto de Epidemiología y Salud Comunitaria Manuel Amunárriz, Apdo 17 10 7410, Quito, Ecuador
Int J Occup Environ Health 10:245-50. 2004
..Study results are compatible with a relationship between childhood leukemia incidence and living in the proximity of oil fields in the Ecuadorian Amazon...
- Cancer among indigenous people in the Amazon Basin of Ecuador, 1985-2000
Miguel San Sebastian
Instituto de Epidemiología y Salud Comunitaria Manuel Amunárriz, Coca, Orellana, Ecuador
Rev Panam Salud Publica 16:328-33. 2004
..To provide some of the first data on cancer incidence among indigenous people in the Amazon basin of Ecuador, and to compare that incidence with the level found among nonindigenous persons living in that same area...
- [Nutritional status of Naporuna children under five in the Amazon region of Ecuador]
Diego Buitrón
Instituto de Epidemiología y Salud Comunitaria Manuel Amunárriz, Apdo 17 10 7410, Quito, Ecuador
Rev Panam Salud Publica 15:151-9. 2004
..To assess the nutritional status of Naporuna children under five years of age from the Amazon region of Ecuador, and to identify risk factors for developing malnutrition in this population group...
- Moving on from NAFTA to the FTAA?: the impact of trade agreements on social and health conditions in the Americas
Miguel San Sebastian
Instituto de Epidemiología y Salud Comunitaria Manuel Amunárriz, Coca, Orellana, Ecuador
Rev Panam Salud Publica 16:272-8. 2004
- Geographical differences in cancer incidence in the Amazon basin of Ecuador in relation to residence near oil fields
Anna-Karin Hurtig
, , Apdo. 17-10-7410, Quito, Ecuador
Int J Epidemiol 31:1021-7. 2002
..CONCLUSION: Study results are compatible with a relationship between cancer incidence and living in proximity to oil fields. An environmental monitoring and cancer surveillance system in the area is recommended...
- Oil development and health in the Amazon basin of Ecuador: the popular epidemiology process
Miguel San Sebastian
Umeå International School of Public Health, Epidemiology and Public Health Sciences, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umea University, 90185, SE Umeå, Sweden
Soc Sci Med 60:799-807. 2005
..Popular epidemiology is an essential approach for public health researchers to reaffirm their roots in improving public health as a primary value...
