An island of widows: the human face of Mesoamerican endemic nephropathy
| Autor: | Laura M. Krinsky, William J. Levine |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Gerontology medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment education Face (sociological concept) Nicaragua Disease Health Services Accessibility Peritoneal dialysis medicine Humans Renal Insufficiency Chronic business.industry Public health Endemic Nephropathy Widowhood medicine.disease Home Care Services Agricultural Workers' Diseases Nephrology Nongovernmental organization Female business Peritoneal Dialysis Kidney disease |
| Zdroj: | Kidney International. 86:221-223 |
| ISSN: | 0085-2538 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/ki.2014.133 |
| Popis: | 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. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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