Confirmed clinical case of chronic kidney disease of nontraditional causes in agricultural communities in Central America: a case definition for surveillance

• Main Authors: Alejandro Ferreiro (Author), Guillermo Álvarez-Estévez (Author), Manuel Cerdas-Calderón (Author), Zulma Cruz-Trujillo (Author), Elio Mena (Author), Marina Reyes (Author), Mabel Sandoval-Diaz (Author), Vicente Sánchez-Polo (Author), Régulo Valdés (Author), Pedro Ordúnez (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Pan American Health Organization.
• Subjects: article
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ABSTRACT Over the last 20 years, many reports have described an excess of cases of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in the Pacific coastal area of Central America, mainly affecting male farmworkers and signaling a serious public health problem. Most of these cases are not associated with traditional ris...