Wesseling et al. Respond.
Författare
Summary, in English
We appreciate Ventres' observations and share his goal to reduce CKD incidence "by occupational, environmental, and health-related reforms that make this work [agricultural labor] more humane." In our summary of the workshop on the Mesoamerican nephropathy (MeN) in San José, Costa Rica, November 2012, we also noted the need for a broad understanding of the epidemic and we call readers' attention to the full report(1) that details the comprehensive discussion of the epidemic including the issues raised by Ventres. In the workshop, we took account of the several points raised in his letter, but in our editorial we wished to call special attention to the growing evidence of heat stress and dehydration as an essential cofactor in a likely multifactorial disease etiology. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print January 16, 2014: e1. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2013.301803).
Publiceringsår
2014
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
1-2
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
American Journal of Public Health
Volym
104
Issue
3
Länkar
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Amer Public Health Assoc Inc
Ämne
- Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1541-0048