Chronic kidney disease among patients from gold-mining communities in southeastern Senegal: A call for further investigation

Modou Ndongo; Ibrahima L. Sarr; Sidy M. Seck

doi:10.4102/jphia.v17i1.2047

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Chronic kidney disease among patients from gold-mining communities in southeastern Senegal: A call for further investigation

Modou Ndongo, Ibrahima L. Sarr, Sidy M. Seck

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Modou Ndongo, Department of Nephrology and Hemodialysis, Regional Hospital of Kedougou, Kedougou, Senegal
Ibrahima L. Sarr, Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, Military Hospital of Ouakam, Dakar, Senegal
Sidy M. Seck, Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Gaston Berger University, Saint-Louis, Senegal

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chronic kidney disease; hemodialysis; gold mining; environmental exposure; Senegal; heavy metals

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