A survey of chronic renal failure in Jamica

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 81-84

  Barton, E N ^a,b,c   Sargeant, L A ^a,b,c   Samuels, D ^a,b,c   Smith, R ^a,b,c   James, J ^a,b,c   Wilson, R ^a,b,c   Smith, F ^a,b,c   Falconer, H ^a,b,c   Yeates, C ^a,b,c   Smikle, M F ^a,b,c   Gilbert, D T ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b Department of Paediatrics   (Jamaica)

^c Mandeville Public Hospital   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JAMAICA; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOIL POLLUTION;

ADULT; CADMIUM; COMORBIDITY; CREATININE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAMAICA; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 2942682774     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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