Occupational Heat Stress and Kidney Health: From Farms to Factories

Kidney International Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 998-1008

  Nerbass, Fabiana B ^a,b   Pecoits Filho, Roberto ^b,c   Clark, William F ^d,e   Sontrop, Jessica M ^e   McIntyre, Christopher W ^d,e   Moist, Louise ^d,f  

^a Nutrition Department   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^d WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

acute kidney injury; chronic kidney disease; chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology; climate change; heat exposure; Mesoamerican nephropathy; occupational heat stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 85040716202     PISSN: 24680249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2017.08.012     Document Type: Review

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