JOURNAL ARTICLE

Occupational Silica Exposure and Chronic Kidney Disease

Abstract

We found a positive relationship between occupational silica exposure and CKD. A dose-response trend of increasing CKD risk with increasing duration of silica exposure was observed and was particularly strong among nonwhites.

Keywords:
Medicine Kidney disease Confidence interval Odds ratio Internal medicine Random digit dialing Logistic regression Population Environmental health

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1.66
FWCI (Field Weighted Citation Impact)
32
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0.83
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Citation History

Topics

Occupational and environmental lung diseases
Health Sciences →  Medicine →  Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Aluminum toxicity and tolerance in plants and animals
Life Sciences →  Agricultural and Biological Sciences →  Plant Science
Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
Physical Sciences →  Environmental Science →  Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

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