Renal disease disparities in Asian and Pacific-based populations in Hawai'i

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 955-963

  Mau, Marjorie K ^a   West, Margaret ^a   Sugihara, Jared ^a   Kamaka, Martina ^a   Mikami, Judy ^b   Cheng, Shiuh Feng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Molokai General Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Americans; End stage renal disease; Health care policy; Pacific Islanders; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LANGUAGE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ASIAN AMERICANS; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HAWAII; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PHILIPPINES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0142094617     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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