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| Title |
Importance of Arsenic and pesticides in epidemic chronic kidney disease in Sri Lanka
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Nephrology, July 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2369-15-124 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Channa Jayasumana, Ranil Gajanayake, Sisira Siribaddana |
| Abstract |
In a recent study published by the National Project team on chronic kidney diseases of unknown origin in Sri Lanka, we believe there to be flaws in the design, analysis, and conclusions, which should be discussed further. The authors wanted to emphasis Cadmium as the major risk factor for chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology in Sri Lanka while undermining the importance of Arsenic and nephrotoxic pesticides. To arrive at predetermined conclusions the authors appear have changed and misinterpreted their own results. The enormous pressure applied by the agrochemical industry on this issue may be a factor. Herein, we discuss these issues in greater detail. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 50% |
| Unknown | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 2 | 1% |
| El Salvador | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 162 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 33 | 20% |
| Researcher | 22 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 21 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 12 | 7% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 11 | 7% |
| Other | 37 | 22% |
| Unknown | 30 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 43 | 26% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 16 | 10% |
| Environmental Science | 16 | 10% |
| Chemistry | 11 | 7% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 9 | 5% |
| Other | 32 | 19% |
| Unknown | 39 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 08 May 2018.
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#7,200,861
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#793
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#69,761
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#18
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