title: Chronic lead nephropathy.
abstract: Chronic lead nephropathy remains a cause of morbidity and mortality in Queensland, Australia, and in other parts of the industrial world. It is underdiagnosed because it is not considered in the differential diagnosis of chronic renal disease and because the established methods for estimating the body burden of lead are cumbersome, time consuming, and sometimes inaccurate.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis; D007855:Lead Poisoning / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged