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  Chronic kidney disease of non-traditional origin in Mesoamerica: a disease primarily driven by occupational heat stress 

  Wesseling, Catharina; Glaser, Jason; Rodríguez-Guzmán, Julieta; Weiss, Ilana; Lucas, Rebekah; Peraza, Sandra; Soares da Silva, Agnes; Hansson, Erik; Johnson, Richard J.; Hogstedt, Christer; Wegman, David H.; Jakobsson, Kristina (2020-01)

  [ABSTRACT]. 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. ...
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  Epidemia de enfermedad renal crónica en comunidades agrícolas de Centroamérica. Definición de casos, base metodológica y enfoques para la vigilancia de salud pública 

  Hoy, Wendy (ed.); Ordunez, Pedro (ed.) (Washington, D.C, OPS, 2017-07)

  [Resumen]. En los cuatro últimos decenios, un número cada vez mayor de personas jóvenes, en conglomerados de comunidades agrícolas socialmente vulnerables en varios países centroamericanos, han presentado una forma ...
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  Prevalence of chronic kidney disease of non-traditional causes in patients on hemodialysis in southwest Guatemala 

  Laux, Timothy S.; Barnoya, Joaquin; Cipriano, Ever; Herrera, Erick; Lopez, Noemi; Sanchez Polo, Vicente; Rothstein, Marcos (2016-04)

  Objective. To document the prevalence of patients on hemodialysis in southwestern Guatemala who have chronic kidney disease (CKD) of non-traditional causes (CKDnt). Methods. This cross-sectional descriptive study interviewed ...