0204 Mesoamerican nephropathy in Costa Rica: Geographical distribution and time trends of chronic kidney disease mortality between 1970 and 2012.

Summary, in English

To characterise geographical distribution and time trends of chronic kidney disease (CKD) mortality in the context of the epidemic of Mesoamerican nephropathy (MeN), likely related to occupational heat stress and other, unknown, factors.

• Författare: Catharina Wesseling; Berna van Wendel de Joode; Jennifer Crowe; Ralf Rittner; Kristina Jakobsson
• Avdelning/ar: Avdelningen för arbets- och miljömedicin; EpiHealth: Epidemiology for Health
• Publiceringsår: 2014
• Språk: Engelska
• Sidor: 27-27
• Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie: Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• Volym: 71 Suppl 1
• Länkar: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25018302?dopt=Abstract; http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/oemed-2014-102362.83
• Dokumenttyp: Artikel i tidskrift
• Förlag: BMJ Publishing Group
• Ämne: Environmental Health and Occupational Health
• Status: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt: ISSN: 1470-7926