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Association between smoking and chronic kidney disease: a case control study.

Rabi Yacoub | Habib Habib | Ayham Lahdo | Radwan Al Ali | Leon Varjabedian | George Atalla | Nader Kassis Akl | Saleem Aldakheel | Saeed Alahdab | Sami Albitar
BMC public health | 2010

The progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD) remains one of the main challenges in clinical nephrology. Therefore, identifying the pathophysiological mechanisms and the independent preventable risk factors helps in decreasing the number of patients suffering end stage renal disease and slowing its progression.

Pubmed ID: 21108832

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