Political Economy of Epidemic Kidney Disease in Sri Lanka

The Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), taking the lives of thousands in poor farming communities in Sri Lanka, is commonly seen as a problem peculiar to the island’s north central dry zone agricultural region. The prevailing bio-medical focus is on identifying one or more “environmental nephrotoxins.” Wh...

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Main Author: Asoka Bandarage
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2013-10-01
Series:SAGE Open
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244013511827