White/Black Racial Differences in Risk of End-stage Renal Disease and Death

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 122, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 672-678

  Choi, Andy I ^a,c   Rodriguez, Rudolph A ^b   Bacchetti, Peter ^c   Bertenthal, Daniel ^d   Hernandez, German T ^e   O'Hare, Ann M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso   (United States)

Author keywords

Kidney disease; Mortality; Racial disparities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649804882     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2008.11.021     Document Type: Article

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