Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal

Current Issue

Vol. 44 No. 3 (2025)

Published September 18, 2025

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Historical Note

Alan M. Preston

140-144

The Healthy Eating Indices of Puerto Rican Families, 1961 to 1966: A Retrospective Study, Calculated using Data from Previous Nutritional Surveys

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Alan M. Preston

145-149

Nutritional Status of Puerto Rican Families in 1966 – What can be learned from Retrospective Surveys?

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Full-Length Articles

Carmen M. Pérez-Velázquez, Sheilla L. Rodríguez-Madera, Carmen D. Sánchez-Salgado, Olga I. Bernardy-Aponte, Edward A. Frongillo

150-156

‘Here the Refrigerator is Empty’: Food Insecurity among Puerto Rican Elders

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Manuel F. Mas, José Quintana, Anna Blanco, Javier Deya, Natasha L. Frontera, Marcos R. Latimer, Félix Pérez, José G. Conde, Walter R. Frontera

157-164

Associated Injuries in Patients with Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury

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Neisha M. Rodríguez-Ruiz, Marta N. Rivera-Figueroa, Claudia Colón-Sanchez

165-170

Causes of Visual Impairment and Blindness in a Clinic Population from Puerto Rico

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Leyshamary Castro-Cruz, Lillybeth Godén-Montalvo, Kiara L. Ortiz-Muñoz, Angélica Torrado-García, Ángel Vega-Rodríguez, Grace M. Ventura-Reyes, Yaritza Díaz-Algorri, Alexis Vera

171-177

Prevalence of Self-Medication in Students from 21 to 42 Years of Age from a University in Southern Puerto Rico

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