Health Disparities in Renal Disease in Canada

Seminars in Nephrology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 12-18

  Yeates, Karen ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; dialysis; racial disparities; Renal health; renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANADA; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 74049135307     PISSN: 02709295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semnephrol.2009.10.014     Document Type: Article

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