Chronic Kidney Disease in Agricultural Communities Numerous cases of chronic kidney
disease of unknown cause have emerged among agricultural workers and other manual …

Climate change has led to significant rise of 0.8 C–0.9 C in global mean temperature over
the last century and has been linked with significant increases in the frequency and severity …

Executive summary Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a major contributor to poor patient outcomes.
AKI occurs in about 13· 3 million people per year, 85% of whom live in the developing world …

Background An epidemic of progressive kidney failure afflicts sugarcane workers in Central
America. Repeated high-intensity work in hot environments is a possible cause. Objectives …

" They Leave Their Kidneys in the Fields takes the reader on an ethnographic tour of the
melon and corn harvesting fields in California's Central Valley to understand why …

Millions of workers around the world are exposed to high temperatures, intense physical
activity, and lax labor practices that do not allow for sufficient rehydration breaks. The extent …

The kidneys' integrative responses to heat stress aid thermoregulation, cardiovascular
control, and water and electrolyte regulation. Recent evidence suggests the kidneys are at …

Diabetes and hypertension are the predominant risk factors for chronic kidney disease
(CKD) globally. Infectious diseases resulting in glomerulonephritis are also important in low …

Increase in the prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is observed in Central America,
Sri Lanka and other tropical countries. It is named chronic interstitial nephritis in agricultural …

Mesoamerican nephropathy (MeN), an epidemic in Central America, is a chronic kidney
disease of unknown cause. In this article, we argue that MeN may be a uric acid disorder …