Methodological considerations for research in nocturnal home hemodialysis

Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 381-387

  Pauly, Robert P ^a   Boivin, Jean François ^b   Chan, Christopher T ^a,c  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Methodology; Nocturnal Hemodialysis; Quasi experimental designs

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; HEMODIALYSIS; HOME DIALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERNAL VALIDITY; METHODOLOGY; RANDOM ERROR; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; REVIEW;

COHORT STUDIES; HEMODIALYSIS, HOME; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH;

EID: 36049031741     PISSN: 11218428     EISSN: 17246059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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