Title: BEN Patient
Description: Balkan endemic nephropathy (BEN) patient from a BEN village in Romania. The photo was taken at a dialysis clinic in Romania where the patient traveled every 2 to 3 days to receive dialysis, the principal treatment option for people with BEN. This patient died from complications of BEN within a year after this photo was taken in 2000.
Location: Romania
Photographer: ,
U.S. Geological Survey
Usage: This image is public domain/of free use. Please refer to the USGS Copyright section for more details.
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Related to the USGS CoreCast, Episode 103 on Coal and Human Health.
File Size (original): JPEG Image - 627.56 KB
Dimensions: 1172 x 796
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