CKD in Central America: A hot issue

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 481-484

  Brooks, Daniel R ^a   Ramirez Rubio, Oriana ^a,b   Amador, Juan Jose ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; CREATININE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; EL SALVADOR; EPIDEMIC; FISHING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEAT STRESS; HEAT STROKE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MINING; NEPHROTOXICITY; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PROTEINURIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHIPPING; SUGARCANE; URINALYSIS;

AGRICULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE;

EID: 84858991095     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: 15236838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2012.01.005     Document Type: Editorial

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