CSCI Joe Doupe lecture: End stage renal disease among aboriginal people

Clinical and Investigative Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 383-387

  Hemmelgarn, Brenda R ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SURVIVAL;

CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RENAL DIALYSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33847780152     PISSN: 0147958X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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