Do demographic variables affect the timing of referral to the nephrologist?

EDTNA-ERCA Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 185-187

  Steel, Jenny ^a,b   Ellis, Peter ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nephrologist; Referral; Renal failure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEPHROLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0036826585     PISSN: 1019083X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-6686.2002.tb00243.x     Document Type: Article

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