TY - JOUR T1 - Environmental and occupational factors in CKD JF - Occupational and Environmental Medicine JO - Occup Environ Med SP - 238 LP - 238 DO - 10.1136/oemed-2015-102859 VL - 72 IS - 3 AU - Guillermo Garcia-Garcia AU - Vivekanand Jha AU - on behalf of the World Kidney Day Steering Committee Y1 - 2015/03/01 UR - http://oem.bmj.com/content/72/3/238.abstract N2 - 12 March 2015 will mark the 10th anniversary of World Kidney Day (WKD), an initiative of the International Society of Nephrology and the International Federation of Kidney Foundations.1 Since its inception in 2006, WKD has become the most successful effort ever mounted to raise awareness among decision-makers and the general public about the importance of kidney disease. Each year, WKD reminds us that kidney disease is common and harmful, yet treatable. The focus of WKD 2015 is on chronic kidney disease (CKD) in disadvantaged populations.CKD is now recognised as a global public health problem and a key determinant of poor health outcomes. While the magnitude of … ER -