Vol 31, No 3 (2012)

September

Table of Contents

Full-Length Articles

Prostate Cancer Incidence and Mortality among Puerto Ricans: An Updated Analysis Comparing Men in Puerto Rico with US Racial/Ethnic Groups
Marievelisse Soto-Salgado, Erick Suárez, Mariela Torres-Cintrón, Curtis A. Pettaway, Vivian Colón, Ana P. Ortiz
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Distribution and Correlates of the Metabolic Syndrome in Adults Living in the San Juan Metropolitan Area of Puerto Rico
Cynthia M. Pérez, Ana P. Ortiz, Manuel Guzmán, Erick Suárez
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Association between Vitamin D Levels and Blood Pressure in a Group of Puerto Ricans
Yajaira Caro, Verónica Negrón, Cristina Palacios
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Knowledge of Legal Rights among Persons Living with HIV/AIDS in Puerto Rico: Implications for Stigma Management
Souhail Malavé-Rivera, Blanca Ortiz-Torres, Nelson Varas-Díaz
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Prescribing Patterns and Safety of Mezclitas for Respiratory Illnesses
Juan Quevedo, Wallace Marsh, Jessica Yulfo, Olga Álvarez, Marcos Felici, Maria E. Rojas
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Brief Report

Central Nervous System Hemangiopericytoma, Retrospective Four Year Pathology Case Series
Mario E. Quintero-Aguiló
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Case Report

Intravitreal Bevacizumab for Peripapillary Subretinal Neovascular Membrane associated to Papilledema: A Case Report
Alma M. Más-Ramírez, Víctor M. Villegas, José M. García, Sarah Acevedo, Luis Serrano
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Clinical Image

A Rare Cause of Fetal Bilateral Hydronephrosis Secondary to Meatal Stenosis
Ronald López-Cepero, Alberto de la Vega
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Special Articles from the 2011 Caribbean HIV Conference

EDITORIAL: Turning the Tide in the Caribbean: A Call to Strengthen the Evidence for a Sustainable Response to HIV/AIDS
Carlos E. Rodríguez-Díaz
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FULL-LENGTH ARTICLE: A Preliminary Profile of HIV Risk in a Clinic-Based Sample of MSM in Puerto Rico: Implications for Sexual Health Promotion Interventions
Michael C. Clatts, Carlos E. Rodríguez-Díaz, Hermes García, Ricardo L. Vargas-Molina, Gerardo G. Jovet-Toledo, Lloyd Goldsamt
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REVIEW ARTICLE: HIV and Incarceration in the Caribbean: The Experiences of Puerto Rico and Jamaica
Carlos E. Rodríguez-Díaz, Katherine Andrinopoulos
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REVIEW ARTICLE: Biomedical HIV Prevention Strategies: State of the Art and Implications for Public Health Policy in the Caribbean
Carmen D. Zorrilla, Silvia E. Rabionet, Ana M. Mosquera, Annette B. Ramírez de Arellano
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REVIEW ARTICLE: Forging a Sustainable Response to HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean – the Strategic Role of a Regional Conference
Roger Mc Lean, Osborne Nurse, Fred Nunes, Yvette Delph, Annalisa Benjamin
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Report from Scientific Meeting in Puerto Rico

Report of the 2012 Capacity Building for HIV-HPV Clinical Trials Recruitment among Minority Underserved Populations of Hispanic Origin in Puerto Rico
Ana Patricia Ortiz, Vivian Colón-López, Gladys Girona-Lozada, Maria Teresa Botello-Harbaum, Nicolas Sheon, Humberto M. Guiot, Leticia Román-Torres, Mary Vanellys Díaz-Santana, Sandra Miranda-De León, Joel M. Palefsky
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