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El departamento de investigacion del Instituto Nacional sobre Alcoholismo de Costa Rica, inicio en 1983 una serie de estudios cuyo objetivo final era dar un perfil descritivo del consumo de drogas en el pais. Este trabajo incluido en dicha serie estimo la proporcion de menores de areas marginales involucrados en la inhalacion voluntaria de disolventes industriales contenidos habitualmente en el "cemento de zapateria", cueros, etc. Se escogio la zona Sur del area metropolitana considerado como area de mayor problematica social. El trabajo se centro en ninos y jovenes entre 7 y 18 anos y su duracion fue de setiembre a noviembre de 1983. Se concluyo que 12% de los ninos entrevistados inhalaban disolvente, comenzando alrededor de los 10 anos e incluyendo posteriormente el fumado de marihuana. La inhalacion funciona como ritual de iniciacion constituyendo una evasion de trastornos depresivos que suelen aquejar a los menores.
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A scientifically rigorous, multidisciplinary approach to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, for practitioners, researchers and families alike.
This publication summarizes the findings of the Global Adult Tobacco Survey in Thailand. The survey contains information on key indicators of tobacco control in Thailand such as tobacco use, cessation, second-hand smoke, economics of tobacco consumption, media issues focusing on tobacco and knowledge, and attitudes and perceptions related to tobacco use and its harmful effects. It will also assist the country to fulfill its obligations under the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and Mpower policy package to generate comparable data within and across countries.
This report is part of WHO's response to the 49th World Health Assembly held in 1996 which adopted a resolution declaring violence a major and growing public health problem across the world. It is aimed largely at researchers and practitioners including health care workers, social workers, educators and law enforcement officials.