Chronic kidney disease in the United States: An underrecognized problem

Seminars in Nephrology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 441-448

  Obrador, Gregorio T ^a,b   Pereira, Brian J G ^a,b   Kausz, Annamaria T ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PANAMERICANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FAMILY HISTORY; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; ALBUMINURIA; BLOOD; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; HEALTH SURVEY; PHYSIOLOGY; RACE; SURVIVAL;

ALBUMINURIA; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CREATININE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036848791     PISSN: 02709295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/snep.2002.2002.35962     Document Type: Article

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