Renal tubular dysfunction in children living in the Aral Sea Region

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 966-968

  Kaneko, K ^a   Chiba, M ^a   Hashizume, M ^b   Kunii, O ^b   Sasaki, S ^c   Shimoda, T ^d   Yamashiro, Y ^a   Caypil, W ^e   Dauletbaev, D ^f  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION   (Japan)

^d KYUSHU WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e ASFENDIYAROV KAZAKH NATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Kazakhstan)

^f Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan   (Kazakhstan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; N ACETYL BETA GLUCOSAMINIDASE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HUMAN; KIDNEY INJURY; KIDNEY TUBULE DISORDER; KIDNEY TUBULE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA POLLUTION; URINALYSIS;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BETA 2-MICROGLOBULIN; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAZAKHSTAN; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY TUBULES; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; PREVALENCE; PROTEINURIA; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 0345377604     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.88.11.966     Document Type: Article

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