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Drinking well water and occupational exposure to Herbicides is associated with chronic kidney disease, in Padavi-Sripura, Sri Lanka

BACKGROUND: The chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (CKDu) among paddy farmers in was first reported in 1994 and has now become most important public health issue in dry zone of Sri Lanka. The objective was to identify risk factors associated with the epidemic in an area with high prevalence....

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Autores principales: Jayasumana, Channa, Paranagama, Priyani, Agampodi, Suneth, Wijewardane, Chinthaka, Gunatilake, Sarath, Siribaddana, Sisira
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4417209/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25596925
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-069X-14-6