Decreased Kidney Function of Unknown Cause in Nicaragua: A Community-Based Survey

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 485-496

  Torres, Cecilia ^a,b   Aragón, Aurora ^a   González, Marvin ^a   López, Indiana ^a   Jakobsson, Kristina ^c   Elinder, Carl Gustaf ^d   Lundberg, Ingvar ^b   Wesseling, Catharina ^b,e  

^a National Autonomous University of Nicaragua   (Nicaragua)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

agriculture; Central America; chronic kidney disease (CKD); glomerular filtration rate (GFR); occupation; prevalence; Serum creatinine

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BANANA; COFFEE; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FISHING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINER; MINING; NICARAGUA; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; PROTEINURIA; RISK FACTOR; SUGARCANE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICARAGUA; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77049094625     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2009.12.012     Document Type: Article

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