Chronic kidney disease management - What can we learn from South African and Australian efforts?

Blood Purification

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 115-122

  Katz, I J ^a,d   Hoy, W E ^b   Kondalsamy Chennakesavan, S ^b   Gerntholtz, T ^a   Scheppingen, J ^b   Sharma, S ^b   Butler, O ^a   Shezi, E ^a   Mdleleni, G ^a   Mthombeni, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Gauteng Health Department   (South Africa)

^d NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Chronic disease outreach programs; Chronic kidney disease; End stage renal disease

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LEARNING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NURSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOUTH AFRICA;

AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; SOUTH AFRICA; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 29244455316     PISSN: 02535068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000089447     Document Type: Review

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