Heavy metals exposure and chronic kidney disease among agricultural workers in Nicaragua: Understanding a mysterious epidemic

Nathan Raines1, Marvin González Quiroz, MD MSc2, Perry E. Sheffield, MD3, Patrick Parsons, PhD4, Philip J. Landrigan, MD, MSc5 and Aurora Aragon, MD PhD2
(1)Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, (2)Universidad Nacional Autonomo de Nicaragua- Leon, Leon, Nicaragua, (3)Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, (4)Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY, (5)Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY