Browsing Facultad de Ciencias de la Tierra y el Mar by Author "Hogstedt, Christer"

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    • Decreased Kidney Function Among Agricultural Workers In El Salvador 

      Peraza, Sandra; Wesseling, Catharina; Aragon, Aurora; Leiva, Ricardo; García-Trabanino, Ramón; Torres, Cecilia; Jakobsson, Kristina; Elinder, Carl-Gustaf; Hogstedt, Christer (Elsevier, 2012-04)
      Background: An epidemic of chronic kidney disease of unknown cause has emerged along the Pacific coast of Central America, particularly in relatively young male sugarcane workers. In El Salvador, we examined residence and ...

    • Enfermedad renal crónica: evaluación del conocimiento actual y factibilidad de colaboración regional en investigación en América Central 

      Cuadra, Steven N.; Jakobsson, Kristina; Hogstedt, Christer; Wesseling, Catharina (SALTRA / IRET-UNA, 2006-11)
      El número de pacientes con enfermedad renal crónica (ERC) y enfermedad renal terminal (ERT) está incrementándose tanto en los países desarrollados como en los países en desarrollo, por lo que ha aumentado considerablemente ...

    • Mesoamerican nephropathy: report from the first international research workshop on men 

      Wesseling, Catharina; Crowe, Jennifer; Hogstedt, Christer; Jakobsson, Kristina; Lucas, Rebekah; Wegman, David (SALTRA / IRET-UNA, 2013-03)
      Durante los últimos 20 años en América Central se ha observado un incremento acelerado de la enfermedad renal crónica, que no se puede explicar con los factores de riesgo tradicionales como diabetes e hipertensión arterial. ...

    • Mesoamerican Nephropathy: Report from the Second International Research Workshop on Men 

      Wegman, David; Crowe, Jennifer; Hogstedt, Christer; Jakobsson, Kristina; Wesseling, Catharina (Program on Work, Environment and Health in Central America (SALTRA), 2016-08-01)

    • Resolving the enigma of the mesoamerican nephropathy: A research workshop summary 

      Wesseling, Catharina; Crowe, Jennifer; Hogstedt, Christer; Jakobsson, Kristina; Lucas, Rebekah; Wegman, David H. (National Kidney Foundation, 2013-10-21)
      The First International Research Workshop on Mesoamerican Nephropathy (MeN) met in Costa Rica in November 2012 to discuss how to establish the extent and degree of MeN, examine relevant causal hypotheses, and focus efforts ...

    • Workplace Carcinogen and Pesticide Exposures in Costa Rica 

      Partanen, Timo; Chaves, Jorge; Wesseling, Catharina; Chaverri, Fabio; Monge, Patricia; Ruepert, Clemens; Aragón, Aurora; Kogevinas, Manolis; Hogstedt, Christer; Kauppinen, Timo (Taylor & Francis, 2003)
      The CAREX data system converts national workforce volumes and proportions of workers exposed to workplace carcinogens into numbers of exposed in 55 industrial categories. CAREX was adapted for Costa Rica for 27 carcinogens ...