Acceptance for chronic dialysis treatment: Insufficient and unequal

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 982-986

  Sesso, R ^a   Frassinetti Fernandes, P ^a   Ancao M ^a   Drummond, M ^b   Draibe, S ^a   Sigulem, D ^a   Ajzen, H ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b PRO AIM Prefeitura de S Paulo   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Chronic renal failure; Dialysis; Epidemiology; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CHRONIC PYELONEPHRITIS; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DIALYSIS; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0029954481     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/11.6.982     Document Type: Article

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