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Chronic kidney disease of non-traditional origin in Mesoamerica: a disease primarily driven by occupational heat stress
The death toll of the epidemic of chronic kidney disease of nontraditional origin (CKDnt) in Mesoamerica runs into the tens of thousands, affecting mostly young men. There is no consensus on the etiology. Anecdotal evidence from the 1990s pointed to work in sugarcane; pesticides and heat stress were...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Organización Panamericana de la Salud
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6984407/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31998376 http://dx.doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2020.15 |