Do mortality rates differ between hemodialysis and CAPD? A look at the Canadian vs. U.S. data

Dialysis and Transplantation

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1996, Pages

  Blake, Peter G ^a,b  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030028460     PISSN: 00902934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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