La Rinconada (5200m): public health risks in the artisanal mining village in Puno, Peru.

Rinconada is an artisanal mining village located at 5200 meters above sea level localized in Puno, southern Peru. In this place live about 35 000 people, where 83.3% are engaged in mining and other commercial activities...

Knowledge about HIV/AIDS and sexual practices in student of 14 to 17 years from Tacna, Peru 2004.

[b]Objective: [/b]To determine the level of knowledge about HIV/AIDS and the sexual practices in the students from 14 to 17 years of the city of Tacna, Peru. [b]Material and methods:[/b] A cross sectional survey was real...

Dr. Alberto Cuba Caparó (1915-2008).

Bases éticas de la formación profesional en medicina.

Tuberculosis and internal migration in an endemic area from southern Peru.

To determine the proportion of tuberculosis cases in families of an immigrant population, we explored some social, economic, and demographic variables to help is understand this phenomenon. We conducted a population-base...