American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 55, Issue 3 , Pages 485-496, March 2010

Decreased Kidney Function of Unknown Cause in Nicaragua: A Community-Based Survey

  • Cecilia Torres, MD

      Affiliations

    • Research Centre on Health, Work and Environment, National Autonomous University of Nicaragua at León, León, Nicaragua
    • Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala Universitet, Uppsala, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Cecilia Torres, MD, CISTA, Campus Médico, UNAN-León, León, Nicaragua
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  • Aurora Aragón, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Research Centre on Health, Work and Environment, National Autonomous University of Nicaragua at León, León, Nicaragua
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  • Marvin González, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Research Centre on Health, Work and Environment, National Autonomous University of Nicaragua at León, León, Nicaragua
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  • Indiana López, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Research Centre on Health, Work and Environment, National Autonomous University of Nicaragua at León, León, Nicaragua
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  • Kristina Jakobsson, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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  • Carl-Gustaf Elinder, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Renal Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden
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  • Ingvar Lundberg, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala Universitet, Uppsala, Sweden
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  • Catharina Wesseling, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala Universitet, Uppsala, Sweden
    • Central American Institute for Studies on Toxic Substances, Universidad Nacional, Heredia, Costa Rica

Received 3 August 2009; accepted 2 December 2009. published online 01 February 2010.

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 Originally published online as doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2009.12.012 on February 1, 2010.

PII: S0272-6386(09)01587-X

doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2009.12.012

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 55, Issue 3 , Pages 485-496, March 2010

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