Excess risk of chronic kidney disease among African-American versus white subjects in the United States: A population-based study of potential explanatory factors

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 2363-2370

  Tarver Carr, Michelle E ^a   Powe, Neil R ^a   Eberhardt, Mark S ^a   Laveist, Thomas A ^a   Kington, Raynard S ^a   Coresh, Josef ^a   Brancati, Frederick L ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036707889     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ASN.0000026493.18542.6A     Document Type: Article

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