Handing out grades for care in chronic kidney disease: Nephrologists versus non-nephrologists

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 193-195

  Blantz, Roland C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; NEPHROLOGY; NOTE; STANDARD;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; NEPHROLOGY;

EID: 34548843937     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.00100107     Document Type: Editorial

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