Wait-listing for kidney transplantation among aboriginal hemodialysis patients

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1117-1123

  Tonelli, Marcello ^a   Chou, Sophia ^b   Gourishankar, Sita ^b   Jhangri, Gian S ^b   Bradley, John ^b   Hemmelgarn, Brenda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chronic kidney failure; Indians, North American; Renal dialysis

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; RACE; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; ALBERTA; BODY MASS INDEX; COMORBIDITY; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RENAL DIALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 28044436291     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2005.09.005     Document Type: Article

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