Balkan nephropathy water

Radovanovic Z, Markovic-Denic Lj, Marinkovic J, Jevremovic I, Jankovic S. Well water characteristics and the Balkan nephropathy. Nephron 1991 57 52-54. 

Radovanovic Z, Stevanovic D. Different forms of mineral nitrogen in drinking water and the Balkan nephropathy. Arch Environm Contam Toxicol 1988 17 813-5. 

Chronologically, lead poisoning was first offered as an explanation for the occurrence of Balkan nephropathy [17-19]. The idea on lead-contaminated flour led to abandonment of water mills in a part of Central Serbia. This energetic public health action had no impact on the disease frequency. 

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