Pesticide exposures and chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology: an epidemiologic review
Abstract The main causes of chronic kidney disease (CKD) globally are diabetes and hypertension but epidemics of chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (CKDu) occur in Central America, Sri Lanka, India and beyond. Althoug also being observed in women, CKDu concentrates among men in agricultural...
Main Authors: | Mathieu Valcke, Marie-Eve Levasseur, Agnes Soares da Silva, Catharina Wesseling |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-05-01
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Series: | Environmental Health |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12940-017-0254-0 |
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