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Rodolfo Peña
Researcher at National Autonomous University of Nicaragua
Publications - 39
Citations - 2937
Rodolfo Peña is an academic researcher from National Autonomous University of Nicaragua. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Poison control. The author has an hindex of 21, co-authored 39 publications receiving 2792 citations. Previous affiliations of Rodolfo Peña include University of León & Umeå University.
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Researching domestic violence against women: methodological and ethical considerations.
TL;DR: The results indicate that prevalence estimates for violence are highly sensitive to methodological factors, and that underreporting is a significant threat to validity.
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Candies in hell: women's experiences of violence in Nicaragua
TL;DR: The data indicate that battered women frequently experience feelings of shame, isolation and entrapment which, together with a lack of family and community support, often contribute to women's difficulty in recognizing and disengaging from a violent relationship.
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14-day triple, 5-day concomitant, and 10-day sequential therapies for Helicobacter pylori infection in seven Latin American sites: a randomised trial
E. Robert Greenberg,Garnet L. Anderson,Douglas R. Morgan,Javier Torres,William D. Chey,Luis Eduardo Bravo,Ricardo L. Dominguez,Catterina Ferreccio,Rolando Herrero,Eduardo Lazcano-Ponce,Maria Mercedes Meza-Montenegro,Rodolfo Peña,Edgar M. Pena,Eduardo Salazar-Martínez,Pelayo Correa,Maria Elena Martinez,Manuel Valdivieso,Gary E. Goodman,John Crowley,Laurence H. Baker +19 more
TL;DR: Standard 14-day triple-drug therapy is preferable to 5-day concomitant or 10-day sequential four-drug regimens as empiric therapy for H pylori infection in diverse Latin American populations.
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Wife abuse among women of childbearing age in Nicaragua.
TL;DR: Spousal violence was significantly positively associated with poverty, parity, urban residence, and history of violence in the husband's family and no significant associations were found between women's age, education, marital dependency, or occupation.
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Prevalence of Rheumatic Heart Disease in Children and Young Adults in Nicaragua
John A. Paar,Nubia M. Berrios,John D. Rose,Mercedes Cáceres,Rodolfo Peña,Wilton Pérez,Mario Chen-Mok,Erik Jolles,James B. Dale +8 more
TL;DR: The prevalence of RHD among children and adults in this economically disadvantaged population far exceeds previously predicted rates and support the need for more effective measures of prevention, which may include safe, effective, and affordable vaccines to prevent the streptococcal infections that trigger the disease.