Kidney damage and associated risk factors in rural and urban sub-Saharan Africa (AWI-Gen): a cross-sectional population study

Kidney damage and associated risk factors in rural and urban sub-Saharan Africa (AWI-Gen): a cross-sectional population study

Summary: Background: Rapid epidemiological health transitions occurring in vulnerable populations in Africa that have an existing burden of infectious and non-communicable diseases predict an increased risk and consequent prevalence of kidney disease. However, few studies have characterised the tru...

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Main Authors: Jaya A George, PhD, Jean-Tristan Brandenburg, PhD, June Fabian, MD, Nigel J Crowther, ProfPhD, Godfred Agongo, MPhil, Marianne Alberts, ProfPhD, Stuart Ali, PhD, Gershim Asiki, PhD, Palwende R Boua, MSc, F Xavier Gómez-Olivé, PhD, Felistas Mashinya, PhD, Lisa Micklesfield, PhD, Shukri F Mohamed, MPH, Freedom Mukomana, MSc, Shane A Norris, ProfPhD, Abraham R Oduro, MBChB, Cassandra Soo, MSc, Hermann Sorgho, PhD, Alisha Wade, DPhil, Saraladevi Naicker, ProfPhD, Michèle Ramsay, ProfPhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-12-01
Series:The Lancet Global Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X19304437

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