Trends in kidney transplantation rates and disparities

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 923-932

  Stolzmann, Kelly L ^a,e   Bautista, Leonelo E ^b   Gangnon, Ronald E ^b   McElroy, Jane A ^d   Becker, Bryan N ^b,c   Remington, Patrick L ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^e VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

End stage renal disease; Health disparities; Kidney

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 34547899562     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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