A Pilot Study to Assess Inhalation Exposures among Sugarcane Workers in Guatemala

Implications for Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Origin

Bibliographic Data

ID15493262
AuthorsJoshua W Schaeffer (0000-0003-3367-4696, Colorado School of Public Health, corresponding author), John L Adgate (0000-0003-1271-3465, Colorado School of Public Health), Stephen J Reynolds (0000-0001-9354-6579, Colorado School of Public Health), Jaime Butler-Dawson (0000-0002-1325-6246, Colorado School of Public Health), Lyndsay Krisher (0000-0001-7142-380X, Colorado School of Public Health), Miranda Dally (0000-0003-1537-3355, Colorado School of Public Health), Richard J Johnson (0000-0002-5373-1523, Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO 80045, USA), Katherine A James (0000-0001-5119-398X, Colorado School of Public Health), Diana Jaramillo (0000-0003-1192-5642, Colorado School of Public Health), Lee S Newman (0000-0002-8067-1159, Colorado School of Public Health)
Year2020
Volume17
Issue16
Pages5708-5708
Publication date2020-08-07
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph17165708
PMID32784623
OpenAlexW3047754595
LanguageEN
References cited63

Sugarcane workers are exposed to high concentrations of particulate matter. Future studies should investigate the potential role of silica, heavy metals, and agrochemicals in the etiology of chronic kidney disease in this population

Agronomy · Biology · Glyphosate · Inhalation · Inhalation exposure · Kidney disease · Particulates · Arsenic contamination and mitigation · Chemistry · Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity · Medicine · Occupational and environmental lung diseases · Environmental Chemistry · Internal Medicine · Toxicology

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