Obesity: A Problem of Darwinian Proportions?

Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 428-432

  Watnick, Suzanne ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

bioethics; chronic kidney disease; dialysis; kidney transplantation; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHICS; GLOMERULOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BARIATRICS; BIOETHICAL ISSUES; FOOD; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; NEPHROLOGY; OBESITY; RENAL DIALYSIS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33749442519     PISSN: 15485595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ackd.2006.07.005     Document Type: Article

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