Nephrotoxic contaminants in drinking water and urine, and chronic kidney disease in rural Sri Lanka

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 518-519, Issue , 2015, Pages 574-585

  Rango, Tewodros ^a   Jeuland, Marc ^a,b   Manthrithilake, Herath ^c   McCornick, Peter ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Chronic kidney disease; Farming communities; Nephrotoxic elements; Sri Lanka; Urinary biomarker

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISKS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPRINGS (WATER); SURFACE WATERS; WATER QUALITY;

BIOMONITORING STUDIES; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; FARMING COMMUNITIES; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; POTENTIAL EXPOSURE; REFERENCE VALUES; SRI LANKA; URINARY BIOMARKERS;

POTABLE WATER;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; DRINKING WATER; INORGANIC COMPOUND; LEAD; SURFACE WATER; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM; WELL WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMARKER; DRINKING WATER; HEALTH RISK; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; URINE; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MALE; MICROALBUMINURIA; NEPHROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SRI LANKA; URINALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

SRI LANKA;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SRI LANKA; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84924778103     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.02.097     Document Type: Article

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