Open AccessEnd-stage renal disease and metalworking fluid exposure
Author(s) -
Deepika Shrestha,
Sally Picciotto,
Michael P. LaValley,
Sa Liu,
S. Katharine Hammond,
Daniel E. Weiner,
Ellen A. Eisen,
Katie M. Applebaum
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
occupational and environmental medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.458
H-Index - 141
eISSN - 1470-7926
pISSN - 1351-0711
DOI - 10.1136/oemed-2020-106715
Subject(s) - medicine , percentile , end stage renal disease , urology , cohort , stage (stratigraphy) , nephropathy , diabetic nephropathy , diabetes mellitus , disease , endocrinology , mathematics , biology , statistics , paleontology
Despite increasing prevalence of end-stage renal disease (ESRD), little attention has been directed to how occupational exposures may contribute to risk. Our objective was to investigate the relationship between metalworking fluids (MWF) and ESRD in a cohort of 36 703 male autoworkers.