An island of widows: the human face of Mesoamerican endemic nephropathy

The authors are second-year medical students who spent the previous summer at a nongovernmental organization in Nicaragua. As interns on the public health team, they evaluated barriers to peritoneal dialysis in an agricultural community experiencing an epidemic of chronic kidney disease and end-stag...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Kidney international 2014-08, Vol.86 (2), p.221-223
Hauptverfasser:	Krinsky, Laura M., Levine, William J.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Agricultural Workers' Diseases - epidemiology Agricultural Workers' Diseases - mortality Agricultural Workers' Diseases - therapy Female Health Services Accessibility Home Care Services Humans Male Nicaragua - epidemiology Peritoneal Dialysis Renal Insufficiency, Chronic - epidemiology Renal Insufficiency, Chronic - mortality Renal Insufficiency, Chronic - therapy Widowhood
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Zusammenfassung:	The authors are second-year medical students who spent the previous summer at a nongovernmental organization in Nicaragua. As interns on the public health team, they evaluated barriers to peritoneal dialysis in an agricultural community experiencing an epidemic of chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease.
ISSN:	0085-2538 1523-1755
DOI:	10.1038/ki.2014.133