Positive association of renal insufficiency with agriculture employment and unregulated alcohol consumption in Nicaragua

Renal Failure

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 766-777

  Sanoff, Scott L ^a   Callejas, Luis ^b   Alonso, Carlos D ^c   Hu, Yichun ^d   Colindres, Romulo E ^d   Chin, Hyunsook ^e   Morgan, Douglas R ^f   Hogan, Susan L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b Ministry of Health   (Nicaragua)

^c Sistema Local de Atención Integral en Salud SILAIS   (Nicaragua)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e RHO INC   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Chronic kidney disease; Nicaragua; Pesticides; Renal failure

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; WATER;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NICARAGUA; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICARAGUA; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 77954873853     PISSN: 0886022X     EISSN: 15256049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0886022X.2010.494333     Document Type: Article

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