Aboriginal patients on the road to kidney transplantation: Is residence location a barrier?

Kidney International

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 826-828

  Yeates, K E ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; CANADA; DIALYSIS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33747823211     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ki.5001762     Document Type: Note

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