Could disappearance of endemic (Balkan) nephropathy be expected in forthcoming decades?

Kidney and Blood Pressure Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 147-152

  Cvitković, Ante ^a   Vuković Lela, Ivana ^b   Edwards, Karen L ^d   Karanović, Sandra ^b   Jurić, Dragana ^a   Cvorišćec, Dubravka ^c   Fuček, Mirjana ^c   Jelaković, Bojan ^b  

^a Institute for Public Health   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Endemic nephropathy; Epidemiology; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CROATIA; ENDEMIC NEPHROPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BALKAN NEPHROPATHY; CROATIA; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81555231536     PISSN: 14204096     EISSN: 14230143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000333836     Document Type: Article

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