Prevalence of CKD of Unknown Etiology and its Potential Risk Factors in a Rural Population in Sri Lanka

Kidney Int Rep. 2022 Aug 3;7(10):2303-2307. doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2022.07.012. eCollection 2022 Oct.

¹ Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
² Department of Zoology, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka.
³ Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA.
⁴ Department of Biosystems Technology, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka.
⁵ Department of Pharmacology, University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka.
⁶ Epidemiology Unit, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

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Keywords: Sri Lanka; beta 2 microglobulin; biomarkers; chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology; heavy metals.