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Chronic Kidney Disease on the Rise in South Asia and Central America
With chronic kidney disease of unknown origin (CKDu) becoming a wide-spread threat to health among the agricultural populations of developing countries, NIEHS is giving CKDu increasing priority as a global health issue.

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