Equity of renal replacement therapy utilization: A prospective population-based study

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 637-642

  Metcalfe, W ^a   MacLeod, A M ^a   Bennett, D ^a   Simpson, K ^a   Khan, I H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032718633     PISSN: 00335622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/92.11.637     Document Type: Article

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