Fecal contamination in green vegetables that are sold in markets of Cajarmarca city, Peru.

We determined the level of fecal coliforms and the frequency of Escherichia coli in 85 samples of vegetables that were taken from randomly and were sold in the main markets of Cajamarca. Processing, isolation and bacteri...

Intoxicación por plomo y otros problemas de salud en niños de poblaciones aledañas a relaves mineros.<br />

[b]Objetivos. [/b]Determinar los niveles de plomo y otros problemas de salud en menores de 10 años residentes en las comunidades de Quiulacocha y Champamarca, Pasco. [b]Materiales y métodos. [/b]Estudio transversal reali...

Emigración médica: lo público frente a lo individual.

Editorial clarification.

Improvements in timely malaria diagnosis and appropiate therapy with the use of rapid test by health promoters in Peruvian Amazon jungle

[i][b]Objectives. [/b][/i]To compare the achievement of a timely diagnosis and appropriate therapy for malaria before and after the incorporation of rapid tests for diagnosing this disease used by health promoters in per...