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SUBMITTER: Butler-Dawson J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5991184 | biostudies-other | 2018 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Butler-Dawson Jaime J Krisher Lyndsay L Asensio Claudia C Cruz Alex A Tenney Liliana L Weitzenkamp David D Dally Miranda M Asturias Edwin J EJ Newman Lee S LS
Journal of occupational and environmental medicine 20180601 6
<h4>Objectives</h4>To characterize kidney function of sugarcane workers in Guatemala over the 6-month harvest and identify risk factors associated with changes in kidney function.<h4>Methods</h4>Demographic and biological data were collected for 330 sugarcane cutters at the beginning and end of the harvest. Multivariable regression analyses were used to assess factors related to kidney function.<h4>Results</h4>A decline in kidney function across the harvest was observed in 36% of the participant ...[more]