Causal mechanism and component causes in Mesoamerican-Sri Lankan nephropathy: The moderator's view

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 607-610

  Zoccali, Carmine ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

CKD; ESRD; Mesoamerican nephropathy; Sri Lanka; tubulointerstitial chronic nephropathy

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL;

CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DEHYDRATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENETIC RISK; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; INCIDENCE; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY DISEASE; MESOAMERICAN-SRI LANKAN NEPHROPATHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHYDRATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CENTRAL AMERICA; COMPLICATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; SRI LANKA;

CENTRAL AMERICA; DEHYDRATION; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; SRI LANKA;

EID: 85019128290     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfx030     Document Type: Review

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