Comment: Mesoamerican nephropathy – New evidence and the need to act now

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 333-336

  Wegman, David ^a   Glaser, Jason ^b   Johnson, Richard J ^c,d   Hogstedt, Christer ^d   Wesseling, Catharina ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b La Isla Foundation   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROTEINURIA; SUGARCANE;

FARMERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROTEINURIA; SACCHARUM;

EID: 84955103354     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: 20493967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2049396715Y.0000000008     Document Type: Article

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