Public health interventions for chronic diseases: cost–benefit modelizations for eradicating chronic kidney disease of multifactorial origin (CKDmfo/ CKDu) from tropical countries

Background: In the mid-1970s, an unusual chronic kidney disease of multifactorial origin (CKDmfo), also known as CKD of unknown aetiology (CKDu), began to manifest in several economically poor, tropical, agricultural countries. This preventable, environmentally induced, occupational disease affects...

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Main Author: Sunil J. Wimalawansa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-10-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844019359699