Race, gender, and socioeconomic disparities in CKD in the United States

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1261-1270

  Norris, Keith ^a,c   Nissenson, Allen R ^b  

^a DREW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORALITY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEPHROLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RACISM; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; ETHNOLOGY; RACE;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 48149110845     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: 15333450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2008030276     Document Type: Review

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