Dysuria, heat stress, and muscle injury among Nicaraguan sugarcane workers at risk for Mesoamerican nephropathy

• Main Authors: Tiffany L Stallings (Author), Alejandro Riefkohl Lisci (Author), Nathan L McCray (Author), Daniel E Weiner (Author), James S Kaufman (Author), Ann Aschengrau (Author), Yan Ma (Author), Michael P LaValley (Author), Oriana Ramírez-Rubio (Author), Juan Jose Amador (Author), Damaris López-Pilarte (Author), Rebecca L Laws (Author), Michael Winter (Author), V Eloesa McSorley (Author), Daniel R Brooks (Author), Katie M Applebaum (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Nordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health (NOROSH), 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVES: Nicaraguan sugarcane workers, particularly cane cutters, have an elevated prevalence of chronic kidney disease of unknown origin, also referred to as Mesoamerican nephropathy (MeN). The pathogenesis of MeN may include recurrent heat stress, crystalluria, and muscle injury with subsequent...