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