TY - JOUR
T1 - Mesoamerican nephropathy: geographical distribution and time trends of chronic kidney disease mortality between 1970 and 2012 in Costa Rica.
AU - Wesseling, Catharina
AU - van Wendel de Joode, Berna
AU - Crowe, Jennifer
AU - Rittner, Ralf
AU - Sanati, Negin A
AU - Hogstedt, Christer
AU - Jakobsson, Kristina
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Mesoamerican nephropathy is an epidemic of chronic kidney disease (CKD) unrelated to traditional causes, mostly observed in sugarcane workers. We analysed CKD mortality in Costa Rica to explore when and where the epidemic emerged, sex and age patterns, and relationship with altitude, climate and sugarcane production.
AB - Mesoamerican nephropathy is an epidemic of chronic kidney disease (CKD) unrelated to traditional causes, mostly observed in sugarcane workers. We analysed CKD mortality in Costa Rica to explore when and where the epidemic emerged, sex and age patterns, and relationship with altitude, climate and sugarcane production.
U2 - 10.1136/oemed-2014-102799
DO - 10.1136/oemed-2014-102799
M3 - Article
C2 - 26199395
SN - 1470-7926
VL - 72
SP - 714
EP - 721
JO - Occupational and Environmental Medicine
JF - Occupational and Environmental Medicine
IS - 10
ER -