A study of the quality of life and cost-utility of renal transplantation

Kidney International

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 235-242

  Laupacis, Andreas ^b   Keown, Paul ^b   Pus, Nancy ^b   Krueger, Hans ^b   Ferguson, Beryl ^b   Wong, Cindy ^b   Muirhead, Norman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIALYSIS; EMPLOYABILITY; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0029833753     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.1996.307     Document Type: Article

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