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Environmental Justice and Kidney Health: Toxic Exposures in Vulnerable Populations

Abhijit V. Kshirsagar Abhijit V. Kshirsagar, MD, MPH, FASN, is with the Department of Medicine and University of North Carolina Kidney Center, and Cassandra R. O’Lenick, MS, PhD, is with the School of Medicine, Center for Environmental Medicine, Asthma and Lung Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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