Race, gender, and incident dialysis patients' reported health status and quality of life

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1440-1448

  Kutner, Nancy G ^a,b   Zhang, Rebecca ^a   Brogan, Donna ^a  

^a Rehabilitation/Quality of Life Special Studies Center   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL DIALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 23944442321     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2004080639     Document Type: Article

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