title: An island of widows: the human face of Mesoamerican endemic nephropathy.
abstract: The authors are second-year medical students who spent the previous summer at a nongovernmental organization in Nicaragua. As interns on the public health team, they evaluated barriers to peritoneal dialysis in an agricultural community experiencing an epidemic of chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease.
authors: Department of Medical Education, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.
authors: Laura M
authors: LM
authors: Krinsky
authors: Department of Medical Education, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.
authors: William J
authors: WJ
authors: Levine
mesh_terms: D000382:Agricultural Workers' Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009527:Nicaragua / Q000453:epidemiology; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis; D051436:Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D017805:Widowhood