2012 Vol 29 (2)

Published: 2012-06-28

Editorial

Occupational health: history and future challenges

María del Carmen Gastañaga
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Tuberculosis among healthcare workers and health students: an outstanding issue for healthcare services and the university

César Cabezas
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Research Articles

Blood disorders among workers exposed to a mixture of benzene-toluene-xylene (BTX) in a paint factory

Luis Haro-García, Nadia Vélez-Zamora, Guadalupe Aguilar-Madrid, Susana Guerrero-Rivera, Vanessa Sánchez-Escalante, Sergio R. Muñoz, Edward Mezones-Holguín, Cuauhtémoc Juárez-Pérez
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Evaluation of physical fitness levels in children and adolescents: establishing percentile charts for the central region of Peru

Alcibíades Bustamante, Gastón Beunen, José Maia
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Variation of the enzymatic activity of Bothrops atrox "jergon" snake venom from three geographic regions, Peru

César Ortiz, Fanny Lazo, Candy Bellido, Edgar Gonzales, Armando Yarlequé
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The frequency and antibiotic susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus from nasal swabs in an suburban marginal population in Lima, Peru

Edgar Carmona, Seyzo Sandoval, Coralith García
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Self-medication behavior among pregnant women user of The Instituto Nacional Materno Perinatal, Peru 2011

Elsy Miní, Rocio Varas, Yuliana Vicuña, María Lévano, Luis Rojas, Julio Medina, Joece Butron, Renzo Aranda, Ericson L. Gutierrez
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Knowledge of epidemiological risk indicators used in clinical trials among medical students in advanced years and medical residents

Alonso Zea-Vera, Carola Liendo-Caro, Lucía Luna-Carrillo, Yolanda Prevost-Ruiz, Ana Castañeda-Guarderas, Germán Málaga
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Tuberculosis detection in the emergency room: utility of same day smears

Gina Tello, Martha Ugarte, Juan Agapito, Alonso Soto
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A decade of no effective inpatient medical discharges, experience from a hospital in Lima, Peru

félix García, Javier Cieza, Jorge Flores, Julio Huapaya, Ana Obregón
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Symposium

Tuberculosis as occupational disease

Alberto Mendoza-Ticona
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Psychosocial risks at work and occupational health

Pedro R. Gil-Monte
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Review

Impact of high altitude on pregnancy and newborn parameters

Gustavo F. Gonzales
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Special Section

Tuberculosis and Public Health: individual rights or collective rights?

Luis F. Llanos-Zavalaga, José E. Velásquez-Hurtado, Patricia J. García, Eduardo Gottuzzo
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Vaccines and autoimmunity: a strange association under debate

Alexander Batista-Duharte
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actions for legionellosis prevention and control: a challenge for public health in Spain

Enrique Gea-Izquierdo, Edward Mezones-Holguín, Luis Haro-García
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Case Report

Oral blastomycosis, laryngeal papillomatosis and esophageal tuberculosis

Manuel Montoya, Robert Chumbiraico, Melvin Ricalde, Ernesto Cazorla, Gustavo Hernández-Córdova
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Pulmonary aspergillosis due to methimazole-induced neutropenia: a case report

Miguel E. Pinto, Claudia Banda, Carlos Seas
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Public Health History

History of Instituto Nacional de Salud Ocupacional del Peru

Juan M. Cossio-Brazzan
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Photo Gallery

Goals of occupational health and environmental protection at the beginning of the 21st century in Peru

Estela Ospina, Ronald Bautista, Liliana Vigil, Juan Diaz
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Environmental and social determinant factors for the reemergence of leptospirosis in the amazon region of Peru, 2012

Luis F. Donaires, Manuel J. Céspedes, Moisés G. Sihuincha, Paúl E. Pachas
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Letters to the Editor

About the World Health Day, the social determinants and the opportunities

Diego A. Bernardini-Zambrini
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Problems in medical prescriptions for the elderly in Peru

Nelson Rodríguez, Iris Puente, Antonio Bernabé-Ortiz
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