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Third international workshop on chronic kidney diseases of uncertain/non-traditional etiology in mesoamerica and other regions
(National Institute of Enviromental Health Sciences, 2018-03) Crowe, Jennifer; Bonnie, Joubert; Brooks, Daniel
The Third International Workshop on Chronic Kidney Diseases of Uncertain/Non-traditional Etiology in Mesoamerica and Other Regions was held in San José, Costa Rica March 20-22, 2019, with the participation of 137 participants from 15 countries. The meeting was hosted by the Central American Program for Health, Work and Environment (SALTRA) and the Regional Institute for Studies on Toxic Substances (IRET) of the National University (UNA), Costa Rica. The workshop represented a collaboration between the Consortium for the Epidemic of Nephropathy in Central America and Mexico (CENCAM), the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and the National Institute for Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) of the National Institutes of Health in the United States, the Central American Institute for Studies on Toxic Substances (IRET), and World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Offices, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), and South-East Asia Regional Office (SEARO). Workshop participants included specialists from diverse backgrounds including nephrology, epidemiology, occupational health, environmental health, toxicology, nephropathology, anthropology, and exposure assessment.