A African community-based chronic ambulatory peritoneal dialysis programme

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2395-2400

  Katz, Ivor J ^a,b   Sofianou, Lana ^a   Hopley, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b Chris Hani Baragwanath Renal Unit Soweto   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; CAPD; Dialysis failure; Peritonitis; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; COST; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOME; HUMAN; INFECTION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PERITONITIS; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0035207185     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/16.12.2395     Document Type: Article

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