Medical surveillance for renal endpoints.
The ability to monitor exposed workers for early evidence of nephrotoxicity facilitates efforts at secondary prevention. When this monitoring identifies previously unrecognized or unappreciated risk factors and leads to their elimination from the environment of future workers, the more desirable goal--primary prevention--may be realized.
Kosnett
M J
MJ
Department of Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, CA 94110.
D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000378:metabolism / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007677:Kidney Function Tests / Q000379:methods*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000378:metabolism / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012307:Risk Factors