Neighborhood poverty and kidney transplantation among US Asians and Pacific Islanders with end-stage renal disease

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2402-2409

  Hall, Y N ^a,b   O'Hare, A M ^a,b   Young, B A ^a,b   Boyko, E J ^a,b   Chertow, G M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian; End stage renal disease; Kidney transplant; Pacific Islander; Poverty; Racial disparities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PACIFIC ISLANDER; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 53749093124     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2008.02413.x     Document Type: Article

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