Chronic kidney disease: A new priority for primary care

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 56, Issue 533, 2006, Pages 908-910

  Gomez, Gabriela B ^a   de Lusignan, Simon ^a   Gallagher, Hugh ^b  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST HELIER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CREATININE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONSULTATION; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY HISTORY; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; KIDNEY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSTATE DISEASE; REFLUX NEPHROPATHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING CESSATION; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; VASCULAR DISEASE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

CHRONIC DISEASE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 33845681561     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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