Delayed referral of black, hispanic, and older patients with chronic renal failure

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 728-733

  Ifudu, O ^a   Dawood, M ^a   Iofel, Y ^a   Valcourt, J S ^a   Friedman, E A ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Black; Chronic renal failure; Delayed; Hematocrit; Hemodialysis; Hispanic; Late; Nephrologist; Referral; Serum creatinine; White

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PATIENT REFERRAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032923606     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-6386(99)70226-X     Document Type: Article

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