Dialysis and kidney transplantation among patients living in rural areas of the United States

Kidney International

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 343-349

  O'Hare, A M ^a   Johansen, K L ^a   Rodriguez, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

DFC; Dialysis; Faciltites; Rural; Transplant; Urban

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEMODIALYSIS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RURAL AREA; STANDARDIZATION; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL DIALYSIS; RURAL HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644660514     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ki.5000044     Document Type: Article

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