The effect of gender, age, and geographical location on the incidence and prevalence of renal replacement therapy in Wales

BMC Nephrology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Van Woerden, Hugo C ^a   Wilkinson, Jane ^b   Heaven, Martin ^b   Merrifield, Jason ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH WALES   (United Kingdom)

^c Oldway Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX ROLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; WALES;

EID: 33846548079     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2369-8-1     Document Type: Article

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