Case-mix factors explain the survival advantage of Hispanic and racial minority patients on hemodialysis

Nature Clinical Practice Nephrology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 192-193

  Miskulin, Dana ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HEMODIALYSIS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGRO; NOTE; NUTRITION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947684905     PISSN: 17458323     EISSN: 17458331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpneph0440     Document Type: Note

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