Global dimensions of chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (CKDu): a modern era environmental and/or occupational nephropathy?

Virginia M Weaver^{1

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3}, Jeffrey J Fadrowski^{4

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6}, Bernard G Jaar^{7

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA. vweaver1@jhu.edu.
² Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA. vweaver1@jhu.edu.
³ Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA. vweaver1@jhu.edu.
⁴ Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA. fadrowsj@jhmi.edu.
⁵ Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. fadrowsj@jhmi.edu.
⁶ Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA. fadrowsj@jhmi.edu.
⁷ Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA. bjaar@jhmi.edu.
⁸ Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA. bjaar@jhmi.edu.
⁹ Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA. bjaar@jhmi.edu.

Virginia M Weaver et al. BMC Nephrol. 2015.

. 2015 Aug 19:16:145.

doi: 10.1186/s12882-015-0105-6.

Virginia M Weaver^{1

2

3}, Jeffrey J Fadrowski^{4

5

6}, Bernard G Jaar^{7

8

9}

¹ Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA. vweaver1@jhu.edu.
² Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA. vweaver1@jhu.edu.
³ Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA. vweaver1@jhu.edu.
⁴ Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA. fadrowsj@jhmi.edu.
⁵ Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. fadrowsj@jhmi.edu.
⁶ Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA. fadrowsj@jhmi.edu.
⁷ Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA. bjaar@jhmi.edu.
⁸ Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA. bjaar@jhmi.edu.
⁹ Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA. bjaar@jhmi.edu.

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