The timing of specialist evaluation in chronic kidney disease and mortality

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 479-486

  Kinchen, Kraig S ^a   Sadler, John ^a   Fink, Nancy ^a   Brookmeyer, Ronald ^a   Klag, Michael J ^a   Levey, Andrew S ^a   Powe, Neil R ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMORBIDITY; DIALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0037125881     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-137-6-200209170-00007     Document Type: Article

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