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Catharina Wesseling<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Acad\u00e9mico de N\u00famero<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Directora de Investigaci\u00f3n, La Isla Network, Washington DC, USA.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • M\u00e9dico-cirujano en la Universidad de Costa Rica (1978)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Doctorado en epidemiolog\u00eda, Instituto de Medicina Ambiental, Karolinska Institutet, Estocolmo, Suecia (1997)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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    La Dra. Catharina Wesseling ha realizado un trabajo pionero en el pa\u00eds en el campo de la salud ocupacional. Ha hecho importantes contribuciones en la investigaci\u00f3n de los efectos de los plaguicidas y otras exposiciones ambientales y ocupacionales en la salud, incluyendo estudios sobre intoxicaciones agudas, efectos neurot\u00f3xicos y c\u00e1ncer. Desde 2005 se ha destacado en investigaciones para esclarecer las causas de la epidemia de enfermedad renal cr\u00f3nica no tradicional (ERCnt) en Centroam\u00e9rica, incluyendo Guanacaste, as\u00ed como en investigaci\u00f3n de intervenci\u00f3n de alto impacto para la prevenci\u00f3n de la ERCnt en varios pa\u00edses de Mesoam\u00e9rica. Ha hecho una extraordinaria contribuci\u00f3n al desarrollo de la epidemiolog\u00eda para el mejoramiento de las condiciones de trabajo en Centroam\u00e9rica.<\/p>\n

    Trabaj\u00f3 por muchos a\u00f1os en la Universidad Nacional donde fue catedr\u00e1tica y co-fundadora del Programa Salud, Trabajo y Ambiente en Am\u00e9rica Central (SALTRA). Es una de las personas que m\u00e1s contribuciones cient\u00edficas tiene en dicha universidad con unas 140 publicaciones en revistas internacionales cient\u00edficas, 30 cap\u00edtulos de libros y monograf\u00edas, cientos de contribuciones en congresos cient\u00edficos y publicaciones t\u00e9cnicas. Fue presidente de m\u00faltiples congresos internacionales en Costa Rica, entre ellos en 2008 los congresos de EPICOH y NEUREOH, subcomit\u00e9s de la Internacional Commission of Occupational Health (ICOH).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Publicaciones representativas<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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    • Hansson E, Jakobsson K, Glaser J, Wesseling C, Chavarria D, Lucas RAI, Prince H, Wegman DH. Impact of heat and a rest-shade-hydration intervention program on productivity of piece-paid industrial agricultural workers at risk of chronic kidney disease of nontraditional origin. Ann Work Expo Health. 2024 Apr 22;68(4):366-375.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Lucas RAI, Skinner BD, Arias-Monge E, Jakobsson K, Wesseling C, Weiss I, Poveda S, Cerda-Granados FI, Glaser J, Hansson E, Wegman DH. Targeting workload to ameliorate risk of heat stress in industrial sugarcane workers. Scand J Work Environ Health. 2023 Jan 1;49(1):43-52.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Glaser J, Hansson E, Weiss I, Wesseling C, Jakobsson K, Ekstr\u00f6m U, Apelqvist J, Lucas R, Arias Monge E, Peraza S, Hogstedt C, Wegman DH. Preventing kidney injury among sugarcane workers: promising evidence from enhanced workplace interventions. Occup Environ Med. 2020 Aug;77(8):527-534.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Wesseling C, Weiss I, Rodr\u00edguez-Guti\u00e9rrez J, Glaser J, Soares A, Hansson E, Peraza S, Wegman D, Jakobsson K. Chronic kidney disease of non-traditional origin in Mesoamerica: a disease primarily driven by occupational heat stress. Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2020 Jan 27;44:e15.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Johnson RJ, Wesseling C, Newman LS. Chronic kidney disease of unknown cause in agricultural communities. N Engl J Med. 2019 May 9;380(19):1843-1852.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Wesseling C, Arag\u00f3n A, Gonz\u00e1lez M, Weiss I, Glaser J, Bobadilla NA, Roncal-Jim\u00e9nez C, Correa-Rotter R, Johnson RJ, Barregard L. Kidney function in sugarcane cutters in Nicaragua \u2013 A longitudinal study of workers at risk of Mesoamerican nephropathy. Environ Res. 2016;147:125-132.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Steenland K, Mora A, Barr D, Juncos J, Roman N, Wesseling C. Organochlorine chemicals and neurodegeneration among elderly subjects in Costa Rica. Environ Res. 2014 Aug 27;134C:205-209.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Rodr\u0131guez T, van Wendel de Joode B, Lindh CH, Rojas M, Lundberg I, Wesseling C. Assessment of long-term and recent pesticide exposure among rural school children in Nicaragua. Occup Environ Med. 2012;69:119-25.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Penagos H, Ruepert C, Partanen T, Wesseling C. Pesticide patch test series for the assessment of allergic contact dermatitis among banana plantation workers in Panama. Dermatitis. 2004 Sep;15(3):137-45.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Wesseling C, van Wendel de Joode B, Keifer M, London L, Mergler D, Stallones L. Neuropsychiatric symptoms and suicidal ideation among banana workers with a history of poisoning by organophosphate or n-methyl carbamate pesticides. Occup Environ Med 2010;67:778-84.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Monge P, Wesseling C, Guardado J, Lundberg I, Ahlbom A, Cantor KP, Weiderpass E, Partanen T. Parental occupational exposure to pesticides and the risk of childhood leukemia in Costa Rica. Scand J Work Environ Health 2007;33:293-303.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • van Wendel de Joode B, Wesseling C, Kromhout H, Monge P, Garc\u00eda M, Mergler D. Chronic nervous-system effects of long-term occupational exposure to DDT. Lancet. 2001 Mar 31;357(9261):1014-6.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Wesseling C, Castillo L, Elinder CG. Pesticide poisonings in Costa Rica. Scand J Work Environ Health. 1993 Aug;19(4):227-35.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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