Chronic kidney disease of non-traditional origin in Mesoamerica: a disease primarily driven by occupational heat stress

• Main Authors: Catharina Wesseling (Author), Jason Glaser (Author), Julieta Rodríguez-Guzmán (Author), Ilana Weiss (Author), Rebekah Lucas (Author), Sandra Peraza (Author), Agnes Soares da Silva (Author), Erik Hansson (Author), Richard J. Johnson (Author), Christer Hogstedt (Author), David H. Wegman (Author), Kristina Jakobsson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Pan American Health Organization, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

The death toll of the epidemic of chronic kidney disease of nontraditional origin (CKDnt) in Mesoamerica runs into the tens of thousands, affecting mostly young men. There is no consensus on the etiology. Anecdotal evidence from the 1990s pointed to work in sugarcane; pesticides and heat stress were...