Relevance of heat stress and dehydration to chronic kidney disease (CKDu) in Sri Lanka

Preventive Medicine Reports

Volumn 15, Issue , 2019, Pages

  Jayasekara, K B ^a   Kulasooriya, P N ^a   Wijayasiri, K N ^a   Rajapakse, E D ^a   Dulshika, D S ^a   Bandara, Palitha ^b   Fried, L F ^c   De Silva, A ^d   Albert, S M ^d  

^a Sir John Kotelawala Defense University   (Sri Lanka)

^b Renal Unit Provincial Director's Office   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Chronic kidney disease; Dehydration; Heat stress; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALBUMIN CREATININE RATIO; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CHRONIC PAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION RATIO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIZZINESS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXHAUSTION; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY CONCENTRATING CAPACITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STATUS; SRI LANKA; THYROID DISEASE; UNDERWEIGHT; URINE SAMPLING; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 85067968167     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22113355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2019.100928     Document Type: Article

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