Medical costs of abnormal serum sodium levels

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 764-770

  Shea, Alisa M ^a   Hammill, Bradley G ^a   Curtis, Lesley H ^a   Szczech, Lynda A ^a,b   Schulman, Kevin A ^a  

^a DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYPERNATREMIA; HYPONATREMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; ECONOMICS; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS;

FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; HYPERNATREMIA; HYPONATREMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SODIUM;

EID: 44349190995     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: 15333450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2007070752     Document Type: Article

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