Dialysis dose and body mass index are strongly associated with survival in hemodialysis patients

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1061-1066

  Port, Friedrich K ^a   Ashby, Valarie B ^a   Dhingra, Rajnish K ^a   Roys, Erik C ^a   Wolfe, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UREA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL KIDNEY; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0036208604     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1681/asn.v1341061     Document Type: Article

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