Assessment of racial disparities in chronic kidney disease stage 3 and 4 care in the Department of Defense Health System

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 442-449

  Gao, Sam W ^a,e,f   Oliver, David K ^a   Das, Neal ^a   Hurst, Frank P ^a   Lentine, Krista L ^b   Agodoa, Lawrence Y ^c   Sawyers, Eric S ^d   Abbott, Kevin C ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^e UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^f NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER PORTSMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AGENCIES;

EID: 42549089146     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.03940907     Document Type: Article

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