Complaint > Nicaragua Sugar Estates Limited-01/Leon and Chinandega

Agreement: English

...child's age and parents’ occupations; see Appendix 1). We selected all students who met eligibility criteria based on the parental questionnaire. Study staff then asked the children to assent to participate. Those children who signed the assent form were then asked to complete a questionnaire (see Appendix 2), which was reviewed to assess final eligibility (student’s past work history and prior participation in sports or vigorous exercise on that day). Current menstruation status was obtained ve...

Complaint > Nicaragua Sugar Estates Limited-01/Leon and Chinandega

Agreement: Summary Report: Boston University investigation of chronic kidney disease in Western Nicaragua, 2009-2012, August 2012

...child Parent and child questionnaire, child Family history, interview, diary genetic analysis biomarkers Biological Environmental Arsenic, lead, Water sample at home: cadmium arsenic In addition to the three studies just described, there are other import...

Complaint > Nicaragua Sugar Estates Limited-01/Leon and Chinandega

Eligibility: English

...labor union; • Labour conditions, including concerns of child labour, handling of chemicals, respiratory issues, and access to water and basic hygiene facilities; and • Offsite environmental effects, including pesticide run-off to farms and impacts to indigenous Sutiaba lands, water competition and water contamination, and air pollution and associated respiratory problems as a result of sugarcane burning. The complainants’ con...

Complaint > Nicaragua Sugar Estates Limited-01/Leon and Chinandega

Agreement: English

...Laboratory monitoring of critical renal function and disease progression Accurate staging and ongoing clinical management of CRI relies on precise laboratory monitoring of renal function. 4.2.1 Availability of laboratory reagents for renal function tests Renal function testing requires an uninterrupted supply of laboratory reagents (reactants) to measure creatinine, uric acid, calcium, phosphorus, and electrolytes. INSS along with MINSA have been unable to secure the pro...

Complaint > Nicaragua Sugar Estates Limited-01/Leon and Chinandega

Agreement: Full Report

...Laborda, R. y García, A.M., en Neurotóxicos en el ambiente laboral: criterios de clasificación y listado provisional.) 7. Ley General de Seguridad Social (Spain) 8. Spanish Royal Decree 27 Internal trainings at ISA include induction programs specific to applicators, in which workers learn which chemicals they wil...

Complaint > Nicaragua Sugar Estates Limited-01/Leon and Chinandega

Agreement: Full Report

...children of cane workers with known CKD, nieces and nephews of affected workers whose parents are not affected, and children whose parents have never worked in sugar cane. Approximately 100 children will be studied with equal numbers of males and females. 7. Post-mortem renal biopsy There is potential utility in obtaining kidney biopsies early in the course of the disease or in people without clinical manifestations to determine if early pathologic abnormalities are present. However, since renal...