Publications

PUBLISHED ON 04/12/2023

Petropoulos, Z.E., Keogh, S.A., Jarquín, E. et al. Heat stress and heat strain among outdoor workers in El Salvador and Nicaragua. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41370-023-00537-x

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PUBLISHED ON 07/07/2022

Keogh, S. A., Leibler, J. H., Sennett Decker, C. M., Amador Velázquez, J. J., Jarquin, E. R., Lopez-Pilarte, D., Garcia-Trabanino, R., Delgado, I. S., Petropoulos, Z. E., Friedman, D. J., Amador Sánchez, M. R., Guevara, R., McClean, M. D., Brooks, D. R., & Scammell, M. K. (2022). High prevalence of chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology among workers in the Mesoamerican Nephropathy Occupational Study. BMC Nephrology, 23(1), 238.

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PUBLISHED ON 11/2020

Crowe JL, Joubert BR, Brooks DR, (Eds.). (2020). Report From the Third International Workshop on Chronic Kidney Diseases of Uncertain/Non-Traditional Etiology in Mesoamerica and Other Regions. Heredia, Costa Rica: SALTRA.

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PUBLISHED ON 10/29/2020

Petropoulos ZE, Laws RL, Amador JJ, López-Pilarte D, Kaufman JS, Weiner DE, Ramirez-Rubio O, Brooks DR*, McClean MD*, Scammell MK*. (2020). Kidney Function, Self-Reported Symptoms, and Urine Findings in Nicaraguan Sugarcane Workers. Kidney 3601(10), 1042-1051

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PUBLISHED ON 7/22/2020

Scammell ML, Sennett C, Laws RL, Rubin RL, Brooks DR, Amador JJ, Lopez-Pilarte D, Ramirez-Rubio O, Robles NV, Friedman DJ, McClean MD, Navajo Birth Cohort Study Team, Lewis J, Erdei E. (2020). Urinary concentrations of metals and biomarkers of autoimmunity among Navajo and Nicaraguan men. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(15):5263

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PUBLISHED ONLINE ON 6/5/2020

Leibler JH, Ramirez-Rubio O, Amador Velazquez JJ, López Pilarte D, Obeid W, Parikh CR, Gadupudi S, Scammell MK, Friedman DJ, Brooks DR. (2020). Biomarkers of kidney injury among children in a high-risk region for chronic kidney disease of uncertain etiology. Pediatric Nephrology.

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PUBLISHED ONLINE ON 5/29/2020

Ferguson R, Leatherman S, Fiore M, Minnings K, Mosco M, Kaufman JS, Kerns E, Amador JJ, Brooks DR, Fiore M, Parekh R, Fiore L. (2020). Prevalence and risk factors for CKD in the general population of Southwestern Nicaragua. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

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PUBLISHED ONLINE ON 10/19/2019

Scammell MK. (2019). Trust, Conflict, and Engagement in Occupational Health: North American Epidemiologists Conduct Occupational Study in Communities Affected by Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Origin (CKDnt). Current Environmental Health Reports.

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PUBLISHED ON 8/22/2019

Sorensen C, Garcia-Trabanino R (2019)  A New Era of Climate Medicine — Addressing Heat-Triggered Renal Disease. New England Journal of Medicine. 38(8)

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PUBLISHED ON 8/16/2019

Mendley SR, Levin A, Correa-Rotter R, Joubert B, Whelan E, Curwin B, Koritzinsky E, Gaughan D, Kimmel PL, Anand S, Ordúñez P, Reveiz L, Rohlman DS, Saenz C, Scammell MK, Wright RO, Star RA (2019)Chronic Kidney Diseases in Agricultural Communities Report from a Workshop. Kidney International.

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PUBLISHED ONLINE ON 7/15/2019

Yih WK, Kulldorff M, Friedman DJ, Leibler JH, Amador JJ, López-Pilarte D, Galloway RL, Ramírez-Rubio O, Riefkohl A, Brooks DR (2019). Investigating Possible Infectious Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Etiology in a Nicaraguan Mining Community. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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PUBLISHED ON 5/1/2019

Scammell MK., Sennett CM, Petropoulos ZE, Kamal J, & Kaufman JS (2019). Environmental and Occupational Exposures in Kidney Disease. Seminars in Nephrology, 39(3), 230–243.

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PUBLISHED ON 2/27/2019

Gallo-Ruiz L, Sennett CM, Sánchez-Delgado M, García-Urbina A, Gámez-Altamirano T, Basra K, Laws LL, Amador JJ, Lopez-Pilarte D, Tripodis Y, Brooks DR, McClean MD, Kupferman J, Friedman D, Aragón A, González-Quiroz M, & Scammell MK (2019). Prevalence and Risk Factors for CKD Among Brickmaking Workers in La Paz Centro, Nicaragua. American Journal of Kidney Diseases : The Official Journal of the National Kidney Foundation, 0(0).

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PUBLISHED ON 7/2/2018

Kupferman J, Ramírez-Rubio O, Amador JJ, López-Pilarte D, Wilker EH, Laws RL, Sennett C, Robles NV, Lau JL, Salinas AJ, Kaufman JS, Weiner DE, Scammell MK, McClean MD, Brooks DR, & Friedman DJ (2018). Acute Kidney Injury in Sugarcane Workers at Risk for Mesoamerican Nephropathy. American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 72(4), 475–482.

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PUBLISHED ON 11/6/2017

Scammell MK (2017) Climate Disease and Kidney Injustice. Public Health Post. November 6, 2017. Available at: https://www.publichealthpost.org/research/climate-chronic-kidney-disease

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PUBLISHED ON 2/17/2017

Riefkohl A, Ramírez-Rubio O, Laws RL, McClean MD, Weiner DE, Kaufman JS, Galloway RL, Shadomy SV, Guerra M, Amador JJ, Sánchez JM, López-Pilarte D, Parikh CR, Leibler JH, & Brooks DR (2017). Leptospira seropositivity as a risk factor for Mesoamerican Nephropathy. International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health, 23(1), 1–10.

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PUBLISHED ON 8/26/2016

Kupferman J, Amador JJ, Lynch KE, Laws RL, López-Pilarte D, Ramírez-Rubio O, Kaufman JL, Lau JL, Weiner DE, Robles NV, Verma KP, Scammell MK, McClean MD, Brooks DR, & Friedman DJ (2016). Characterization of Mesoamerican Nephropathy in a Kidney Failure Hotspot in Nicaragua. American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 68(5), 716–725.

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PUBLISHED ON 8/2016

Scammell MK, & Gonzalez M (2016). Land, Life, and Security: An Interview with Edgardo Garcia, Secretary General of the Association of Farm Workers in Nicaragua. NEW SOLUTIONS: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy, 26(2), 314–325.

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PUBLISHED ON 7/25/2016

Minnings K, Fiore M, Mosco M, Ferguson R, Leatherman S, Kerns E, Kaufman JS, Fiore M, Brooks DR, Amador JJ, Paulsen H,  Ernstberger A, Trejo B, Sullivan E, Lichtman A, Nobil K, Lawlor M, Parker C, Parekh R, & Fiore L (2016). The Rivas Cohort Study: design and baseline characteristics of a Nicaraguan cohort. BMC Nephrology, 17(1), 93.

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PUBLISHED ON 1/2016

McClean MD, Laws RL, Amador JJ, López-Pilarte D, Scammell MK, Ramírez-Rubio O, Friedman DJ, Kaufman JS, Weiner De, Riefkohl A, Brooks DR. Boston University School of Public Health: Studies of occupational and non-occupational risk factors for chronic kidney disease. In: Wegman D, Crowe J, Hogstedt C, Jakobsson K, Wesseling C, eds. Mesoamerican Nephropathy: Report From the Second International Research Workshop on MeN. Heredia, Costa Rica: SALTRA/IRET-UNA. 2016. pp. 94-99.

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PUBLISHED ON 2/1/2016

Laws RL, Brooks DR, Amador JJ, Weiner DE, Kaufman JS, Ramírez-Rubio O, Riefkohl A, Scammell MK, López-Pilarte D, Sánchez JM, Parikh CR, & MD (2016). Biomarkers of Kidney Injury Among Nicaraguan Sugarcane Workers. American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 67(2), 209–217.

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PUBLISHED ON 3/1/2016

Ramírez-Rubio O, Amador JJ, Kaufman JS, Weiner DE, Parikh CR, Khan U, McClean MD, Laws RL, López-Pilarte D, Friedman DJ, Kupferman J, & Brooks DR (2016). Urine biomarkers of kidney injury among adolescents in Nicaragua, a region affected by an epidemic of chronic kidney disease of unknown aetiology. Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation, 31(3), 424–432.

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PUBLISED ON 10/2015

Ramon Garcia-Trabanino, Emmanuel Jarquín, Catharina Wesseling, Richard J Johnson, Marvin González-Quiroz, Ilana Weiss, Jason Glaser, Juan José Vindell, Leo Stockfelt, Carlos Roncal, Tamara Harra, & Lars Berrgard (2015). Heat stress, dehydration, and kidney function in sugarcane cutters in El Salvador – A cross-shift study of workers at risk of Mesoamerican nephropathy. Environmental Research.

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PUBLISHED ON 1/28/2015

Laws RL, Brooks DR, Amador JJ, Weiner DE, Kaufman JS, Ramírez-Rubio O, Riefkohl A, Scammell MK, López-Pilarte D, Sánchez JM, Parikh CR, & McClean MD (2015). Changes in kidney function among Nicaraguan sugarcane workers. International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health, 21(3), 241–250.

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PUBLISHED ON 4/16/2013

Weiner DE, McClean MD, Kaufman JS, & Brooks DR (2013). The Central American epidemic of CKD. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN, 8(3), 504–511.

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PUBLISHED ON 3/7/2013

Ramirez-Rubio O, Brooks DR, Amador JJ, Kaufman JS, Weiner DE, & Scammell MK (2013). Chronic kidney disease in Nicaragua: a qualitative analysis of semi-structured interviews with physicians and pharmacists. BMC Public Health, 13, 350.

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PUBLISHED ON 1/1/2013

Ramirez-Rubio O, McClean MD, Amador JJ, & Brooks DR (2013). An epidemic of chronic kidney disease in Central America: an overview. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 67(1), 1–3.

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PUBLISHED ON 4/1/2012

Brooks DR, Ramirez-Rubio O, & Amador JJ (2012). CKD in Central America: A Hot Issue. American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 59(4), 481–484.

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PUBLISHED ON 4/1/2010

Soderland P, Lovekar S, Weiner DE, Brooks DR, & Kaufman JS (2010). Chronic Kidney Disease Associated With Environmental Toxins and Exposures. Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease, 17(3), 254–264.\

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