ReviewJournal of internal medicine2025
Heat-induced kidney disease: Understanding the impact.
Review in Journal of internal medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.
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13 citing papers in PubMed.
- Heat Perceptions, Behaviors, and Barriers of Unhoused Individuals in Germany.Public health challenges · 2026Article
- Autophagy and Mitophagy in Hypertensive Chronic Kidney Disease: Evidence Grading, Cell-Type Divergence, and a Working Lysosomal Hypothesis.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Working in Extreme Heat, an Invisible Occupational Risk: Legislation, Risk Management and Policy Recommendations for Türkiye: Turkish Thoracic Society Workshop Report on the Regulation of Working Conditions in Extreme Heat.Thoracic research and practice · 2026Article
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- Impact of heatwave exposure on chronic kidney disease risk among middle-aged and older adults: evidence from the China health and retirement longitudinal study.BMC nephrology · 2026Article
- Response to the letter to the Editor entitled "Heat Stress and Contaminated Hydration; A Dual-Edged Role in CKD of Uncertain Etiology".Kidney international reports · 2026Article
- Mesoamerican nephropathy: A silent epidemic at the nexus of climate, labor, and health.AIMS public health · 2026Article
- Rising Global Temperatures and Kidney Health: A Comprehensive Review of Current Evidence.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Role of heat shock proteins in renal function and adaptation to heat stress: Implications for global warming.World journal of nephrology · 2025Review
- Prevalence and risk factors of chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology in Northeast Thailand.Journal of nephrology · 2025Article
- Association between heatwave exposure and rapid kidney function decline: a longitudinal cohort study from CHARLS.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Heat-induced kidney disease: Understanding the impact.Journal of internal medicine · 2025Review
- Risk for renal injury from heat-related stress among outdoor workers and the imperative for climate-responsive health policies.The journal of climate change and healthArticle
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Abstract
Research on Mesoamerican Nephropathy, chronic kidney disease of unknown cause and chronic kidney disease of nontraditional cause has been going on for more than 20 years. Thousands of manual workers, especially in agriculture, are affected. The disease has been reported in different countries and regions, not only from heat-stressed sugarcane cutters in Central America but also from other occupational groups with strenuous work in hot environments. The cause of this disease is still debated. A multitude of causative factors have been suggested, including agrochemicals, water quality, infections, and heavy metals. The evidence that heat stress is the major cause of kidney disease is convincing, whereas the support for alternative causes is weak. Associations between exposure and kidney damage are strong, consistent, and specific, occur after acute and chronic exposure, display dose-effect and dose-response relationships, are plausible, and coherent. Improving working conditions by providing hydration, rest, and shade to heat-stress-exposed workers is beneficial. Continued global warming will increase the number of people at risk for dangerous heat exposure and kidney disease.
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