Water treatment for dialysis: Technology and clinical implications

Contributions to Nephrology

Volumn 161, Issue , 2008, Pages 1-6

  Hoenich, N ^a   Levin, R ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b RENAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMODIALYSIS FLUID;

HUMAN; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; REVIEW; STANDARD; WATER MANAGEMENT;

HEMODIALYSIS SOLUTIONS; HUMANS; RENAL DIALYSIS; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 48049103515     PISSN: 03025144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000129724     Document Type: Conference Paper

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