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1 Tahura, S.; Shahidullah, S. M.; Rahman, T.; Milton, A. H.. 2001. Evaluation of an arsenic removal household device: Bucket treatment unit (BTU) In Ahmed, M. F.; Ali, M. A.; Adeel, Z. (Eds.), Technologies for arsenic removal from drinking water: A compilation of papers presented at the International Workshop on Technologies for Arsenic Removal from Drinking Water organized by Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh and The United Nations University (UNU), Tokyo, Japan. Dhaka, Bangladesh; Tokyo, Japan: Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology; UNU. pp.158-170.
Water quality ; Water pollution ; Pollution control ; Technology ; Households ; Groundwater ; Tube wells ; Evaluation / Bangladesh / Putiajani Village
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 628.1 G584 AHM Record No: H029467)
2 Milton, A. H.; Rahman, H.; Smith, W.; Shrestha, R.; Dear, K. 2006. Water consumption patterns in rural Bangladesh: Are we underestimating total arsenic load? Journal of Water and Health, 4(4):431-436.
Water supply ; Arsenic ; Water pollution ; Public health ; Risks ; Drinking water ; Domestic water / Bangladesh
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 7662 Record No: H039389)
3 Athuraliya, N. T. C.; Abeysekera, T. D. J.; Amerasinghe, Priyanie.; Kumarasiri, R.; Bandara, P.; Karunaratne , U.; Milton, A. H.; Jones, A. L. 2011. Uncertain etiologies of proteinuric-chronic kidney disease in rural Sri Lanka. Kidney International, 80(11):1212-1221. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/ki.2011.258]
Public health ; Kidney diseases ; Rural areas ; Proteinuria ; Aetiology ; Risks ; Models ; Surveys ; Wastewater ; Contamination ; Water pollution / Sri Lanka / North Central Province / Central Province / Southern Province / Medawachchiya / Yatinuwara / Hambantota
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044372)
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The global prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) of uncertain etiology may be underreported. Communitylevel epidemiological studies are few due to the lack of national registries and poor focus on the reporting of noncommunicable diseases. Here we describe the prevalence of proteinuric-CKD and disease characteristics of three rural populations in the North Central, Central, and Southern Provinces of Sri Lanka. Patients were selected using the random cluster sampling method and those older than 19 years of age were screened for persistent dipstick proteinuria. The prevalence of proteinuric-CKD in the Medawachchiya region (North Central) was 130 of 2600 patients, 68 of 709 patients in the Yatinuwara region (Central), and 66 of 2844 patients in the Hambantota region (Southern). The mean ages of these patients with CKD ranged from 44 to 52 years. Diabetes and long-standing hypertension were the main risk factors of CKD in the Yatinuwara and Hambantota regions. Age, exceeding 60 years, and farming were strongly associated with proteinuric-CKD in the Medawachchiya region; however, major risk factors were uncertain in 87% of these patients. Of these patients, 26 underwent renal biopsy; histology indicated tubulointerstitial disease. Thus, proteinuric-CKD of uncertain etiology is prevalent in the North Central Province of Sri Lanka. In contrast, known risk factors were associated with CKD in the Central and Southern Provinces.
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