Disaster and end-stage renal disease: Targeting vulnerable patients for improved outcomes

Kidney International

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1131-1133

  Abdel Kader, Khaled ^a   Unruh, Mark Lynn ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISASTER PLANNING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEMODIALYSIS; KIDNEY FAILURE; NATURAL DISASTER; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 66149116292     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2009.12     Document Type: Note

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