Worldwide water standards for hemodialysis

Hemodialysis International

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  Ward, Richard A ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Harmonization; Hemodialysis; Standards; Water

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; AMMONIA; ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; BARIUM; BERYLLIUM; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; CHLORINE; CHROMIUM; COPPER; FLUORIDE; INORGANIC COMPOUND; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MERCURY; NITRATE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POTASSIUM; SELENIUM; SILVER; SODIUM; SULFATE; THALLIUM; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIALYSATE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; INJURY; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; PATIENT SAFETY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER STANDARD;

EID: 33947729579     PISSN: 14927535     EISSN: 15424758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-4758.2007.00142.x     Document Type: Article

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