2014 Vol 31 (4)

Published: 2014-12-29

Editorial

Health in Perú

Javier Arias-Stella
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Health reform in Peru: Heading for the universal coverage

Lely Solari
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Research Articles

Combination therapy of metformin vs dipeptidulpeptidase inhibitors and sulfonylureas in type 2 diabetes: clinical and economic impact

Antoni Sicras-Mainar, Ruth Navarro-Artieda
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Detection of Leishmania spp. based on the gene encoding HSP20

Ana M Montalvo, Jorge Fraga, Omaira Rodríguez, Orestes Blanco, Alejandro Llanos-Cuentas, Ana L. García, Braulio M Valencia, Carlos Muskus, Gert Van der Auwera, José M Requena
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Western blot technique standardization for specific diagnosis of Chagas disease using excretory-secretory antigens of trypanosoma cruzi epimastigotes

Hermes Escalante, César Jara, Kelly Davelois, Miguel Iglesias, Adderly Benites, Renzo Espinoza
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Prevalence of cardiovascular and metabolic risk factors in school students, university tudents, and women from community-based organizations in the districts of Lima, Callao, la Libertad and Arequipa, Peru 2011

Eloísa Núñez-Robles, Cleopatra Huapaya-Pizarro, Rogger Torres-Lao, Silvia Esquivel-León, Víctor Suarez-Moreno, Myriam Yasuda-Espinoza, Giovanna Sanjinés-López
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Availability of psychotropic medications in health care facilities of the Ministry of Health of Peru, 2011

Dominic Hodgkin, Marina Piazza, Maruja Crisante, Carla Gallo, Fabián Fiestas
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Acceptability of physical punishment in child rearing by people who were victims of physical violence during childhood in Peru

Alejandra Burela, Marina Piazza, German F Alvarado, Alfonso Gushiken, Fabián Fiestas
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Resistance to second-line anti-tuberculosis drugs among peruvian multidrug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains

Francesca Barletta, Carlos Zamudio, Leen Rigouts, Carlos Seas
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Effect of red maca (Lepidium meyenii) on INF-γ levels in ovariectomized rats

Johanna Leiva-Revilla, Félix Guerra-Castañon, Paola Olcese-Mori, Iván Lozada, Julio Rubio, Carla Gonzales, Gustavo F Gonzales
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Squamous neoplasia of the ocular surface in patients with pterygium in Peru

Luis Furuya-Kanamori, Carlos M. Dulanto-Reinoso, Jennifer C Stone, Leila Marroquín, Victor Ch. Dulanto-Reinoso, José A. Roca, Francisco Contreras, Graham A. Lee
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Levels of heavy metals in the environment and population exposure after five years of mineral exploration in the Las Bambas project, Peru 2010

John Astete, María del Carmen Gastañaga, Doris Pérez
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Identification of proliferating cells in Taenia solium cysts

Miguel Ángel Orrego-Solano, Carla Cangalaya, Theodore E. Nash, Cristina Guerra-Giraldez
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Sleep habits and traffic accidents in inter-provincial bus drivers of Arequipa, Peru

Alex Caso, Jorge Rey de Castro, Edmundo Rosales-Mayor
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Environmental impact of a public hospital in the city of Lima, Peru

Celso Bambarén-Alatrista, María del Socorro Alatrista-Gutiérrez de Bambarén
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Use of information sources by recently graduated physicians of Lima

Christian R. Mejia, Onice J. Caceres, Claudia A. Vera, Ayar Nizama-Vía, Walter H. Curioso, Percy Mayta-Tristán
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Mortality in traffic accidents in Bayamo, Cuba 2011

Arlines Piña-Tornés, Lourdes González-Longoria, Secundino González-Pardo, Ariel Acosta-González, Patricio Vintimilla-Burgos, Silvana Paspuel-Yar
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Review

Responsible management of dental amalgam mercury: a review of its impact on health

Christhian Méndez-Visag
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Symposium

Colombia: what has happened with its health reform?

Rubén Darío Gómez-Arias, Emmanuel Nieto
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Health system reforms in South America: an opportunity for UNASUR

José Gomes-Temporão, Mariana Faria
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The national health system in Peru

Francisco Sánchez-Moreno
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Special Section

Health reform in Ecuador: never again the right to health as a privilege

Miguel Malo-Serrano, Nicolás Malo-Corral
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Intercultural aspects of the health system reform in Bolivia

Susana Ramírez Hita
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Public-private partnerships for health services: the solution for the peruvian health system?

Leslie Zevallos, Valerio Salas, Luis Robles
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Analysis of the policy for tuberculosis control in Colombia

Dilia Fontalvo-Rivera, Doris Gómez-Camargo, Rubén Gómez-Arias
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Mandatory requirement of social health service in Peru: discriminatory and unconstitutional

Percy Mayta-Tristán, Julio A. Poterico, Edén Galán-Rodas, Daniel Raa-Ortiz
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Case Report

Coinfection of Mycobacterium malmoense and Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a patient with acquired inmune deficiency syndrome

Lilian María Mederos Cuervo, Angélica Reyes Pérez, Lidunka Valdes Alonso, Francisco Rodríguez Delgado, Misleydis Sardiñas Aragón, María Rosarys Martínez Romero, Raúl Díaz Romero
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First report of alkaptonuria in Peru

Daniel Guillén-Mendoza, María Quiroga de Michelena
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Public Health History

Prominent personalities from the tropical dermatology field in Peru

Zuño Burstein Alva
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Letters to the Editor

Is health sector reform possible without academic development of the health system and with “multifunction” health staff?

Germán Málaga
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New version of the declaration of helsinki: shortcomings to resolve

Laura Estrella, Carlos Castañeda, Juvenal Sánchez, Mayer Zaharia
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Comments to the articles: “annual prevalence of mental disorders and use of mental health services in Peru: results of the world mental health study, 2005” and “lifetime prevalence and age of onset of mental disorders in Peru: results of the world mental

Javier E. Saavedra
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Comments to the articles: “annual prevalence of mental disorders and use of mental health services in Peru: results of the world mental health study, 2005” and “lifetime prevalence and age of onset of mental disorders in Peru: results of the world mental

Marina Piazza, Fabián Fiestas
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Financing rare or orphan diseases

Alfredo Oyola-García, Doris Lituma-Aguirre, Harvy Honorio-Morales
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Reviewers List

Relación de revisores del año 2014
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