MEDICC Review is a quarterly on-line publication of Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba (MEDICC), 328 Flatbush Ave., Box 406, Brooklyn, NY 11238.  Please address all correspondence to medic@infomed.sld.cu

MEDICC Review reserves copyright on all articles included herein.  Permission is granted for their reproduction in part or in full, only if the author and source are fully credited, and a copy of the manuscript is sent to: 

MEDICC Review,
328 Flatbush Ave., Box 406,
Brooklyn, NY 11238.

We are grateful to the Editora de Ciencias Médicas, Havana, for authorization to translate and publish articles which originally appeared in cuban medical journals.

  Associate Editor: Michele Frank, M.D.

Editorial Advisors: Radamés Borroto, M.D.
                                Jorge Hadad, M.D.
                                C.William Keck, M.D., M.P.H.
                                Jehová Oramas, M.D.
                                Patricia Rodney, Ph.D., M.P.H.

         Translations: Julio Barrios

                  Design: New Graphix

           Circulation: Emily Maguire

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