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Abstract
Numerous cases of chronic kidney disease of unknown cause have emerged among agricultural workers and other manual laborers in various regions of the world. This article describes the clinical presentation and epidemiology of the disease, as well as proposed causes.
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Title
Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Cause in Agricultural Communities
Author
Johnson, Richard J; Wesseling Catharina; Newman, Lee S 1
1 From the Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension (R.J.J.), the Colorado Consortium on Climate Change and Health (R.J.J., L.S.N.), the Center for Health, Work & Environment, and the Departments of Environmental and Occupational Health and Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health (L.S.N.), and the Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine (L.S.N.), University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, and the Division of Nephrology, Rocky Mountain Regional Veterans Health Administration Hospital, Department of Veterans Affairs (R.J.J.) — all in Aurora; the Unit of Occupational Medicine, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm (C.W.); and La Isla Network, Washington, DC (C.W.).
1 From the Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension (R.J.J.), the Colorado Consortium on Climate Change and Health (R.J.J., L.S.N.), the Center for Health, Work & Environment, and the Departments of Environmental and Occupational Health and Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health (L.S.N.), and the Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine (L.S.N.), University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, and the Division of Nephrology, Rocky Mountain Regional Veterans Health Administration Hospital, Department of Veterans Affairs (R.J.J.) — all in Aurora; the Unit of Occupational Medicine, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm (C.W.); and La Isla Network, Washington, DC (C.W.).
Pages
1843-1852
Section
Review Article
Publication year
2019
Publication date
May 9, 2019
Website
ISSN
00284793
e-ISSN
15334406
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2221962331
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