Mesoamerican nephropathy: geographical distribution and time trends of chronic kidney disease mortality between 1970 and 2012 in Costa Rica

Catharina Wesseling; Berna van Wendel de Joode; Jennifer Crowe; Ralf Rittner; Negin A Sanati; Christer Hogstedt; Kristina Jakobsson

doi:10.1136/oemed-2014-102799

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Mesoamerican nephropathy: geographical distribution and time trends of chronic kidney disease mortality between 1970 and 2012 in Costa Rica

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Catharina Wesseling Unit of Occupational Medicine, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Berna van Wendel de Joode Program on Work, Environment and Health in Central America (SALTRA), Central American Institute for Studies on Toxic Substances (IRET), Universidad Nacional, Heredia, Costa Rica PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jennifer Crowe Program on Work, Environment and Health in Central America (SALTRA), Central American Institute for Studies on Toxic Substances (IRET), Universidad Nacional, Heredia, Costa Rica PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ralf Rittner Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Negin A Sanati Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Christer Hogstedt Unit of Occupational Medicine, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Kristina Jakobsson Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Professor Catharina Wesseling, Apdo 2291-1000, San José, Costa Rica; inekewesseling{at}gmail.com

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Wesseling C, van Wendel de Joode B, Crowe J, et al

Mesoamerican nephropathy: geographical distribution and time trends of chronic kidney disease mortality between 1970 and 2012 in Costa Rica

Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2015;72:714-721.

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Received January 23, 2015
Revised June 16, 2015
Accepted July 3, 2015
First published July 21, 2015.

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February 09, 2017

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