Chronic kidney disease of unknown aetiology and ground-water ionicity: study based on Sri Lanka

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 221-231

  Dharma wardana, M W C ^a,b   Amarasiri, Sarath L ^c   Dharmawardene, Nande ^d   Panabokke, C R ^e  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Soil Science Society of Sri Lanka   (Sri Lanka)

^d Bibile Sugar Industries   (Sri Lanka)

^e INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Aquifers; Electrolytes; Fertilizers; Kidney disease; Protein denaturing; Soils; Sri Lanka; Water quality

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; FERTILIZER; GROUND WATER; ION; PROTEIN BINDING; SOIL; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; RISK FACTOR; RIVER; SOIL; SRI LANKA; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

DRINKING WATER; FERTILIZERS; GROUNDWATER; HUMANS; IONS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTEIN BINDING; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; RISK FACTORS; RIVERS; SOIL; SRI LANKA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84939873949     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-014-9641-4     Document Type: Article

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