Chronic kidney disease in our farming communities: implications of an epidemic.
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چکیده
MEDICC Review, April 2014, Vol 16, No 2 For two decades now, cases and deaths from chronic kidney disease (CKD) have been on the rise in parts of the Americas. General prevalence in the Central American region varies from 10% to 16%. CKD-specifi c mortality is high in several countries: Nicaragua (42.8/100,000 population), El Salvador (41.9), Peru (19.1), Guatemala (13.6) and Panama (12.3). Canada and Cuba have reported the lowest CKD mortality in the hemisphere, and El Salvador’s is 17 times that of Cuba.[1]
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عنوان ژورنال:
- MEDICC review
دوره 16 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014