National surveillance of dialysis associated diseases in the United States - 1994

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 108-119

  Tokars, Jerome I ^a,b   Alter, Miriam J ^a   Miller, Elaine ^a   Moyer, Linda A ^a   Favero, Martin S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODIES; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH RISKS; HEMODIALYZERS; IMMUNOLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT; VACCINES; VIRUSES;

BICARBONATE DIALYSATES; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS; HIGH FLUX DIALYSIS; PYROGENIC REACTIONS;

DIALYSIS;

ARTICLE; DIALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEVER; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

FEVER; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RENAL DIALYSIS; SEPSIS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0342601399     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002480-199701000-00019     Document Type: Article

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