Drinking well water and occupational exposure to Herbicides is associated with chronic kidney disease, in Padavi-Sripura, Sri Lanka -No section-

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Jayasumana, Channa ^a   Paranagama, Priyani ^b   Agampodi, Suneth ^a   Wijewardane, Chinthaka ^c   Gunatilake, Sarath ^d   Siribaddana, Sisira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^c Government Hospital   (Sri Lanka)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic Kidney disease; Glyphosate; Herbicides; Sri Lanka; Tubulointerstitial nephritis; Well water

Indexed keywords

BARIUM ION; CALCIUM; DRINKING WATER; FERTILIZER; GLYPHOSATE; HERBICIDE; IRON; MAGNESIUM ION; METAL; PESTICIDE; STRONTIUM; SURFACE WATER; TITANIUM; VANADIUM; WELL WATER;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; DRINKING WATER; EPIDEMIC; ETIOLOGY; GLYPHOSATE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PADDY FIELD; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SURFACE WATER; WELL WATER;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESERVOIR; RISK FACTOR; SRI LANKA; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER HARDNESS; WATER SAMPLING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AGRICULTURE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; SOCIOECONOMICS;

SRI LANKA;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AGRICULTURE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FERTILIZERS; HERBICIDES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SRI LANKA; WATER WELLS;

EID: 84928749969     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-14-6     Document Type: Article

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