Knowledge, attitude and practices regarding chronic kidney disease and estimated GFR in a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 342-346

  Tamizuddin, Shaista ^a   Ahmed, Wasim ^a  

^a SHIFA INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; NEPHROLOGIST; PAKISTAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RESIDENT; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; NEPHROLOGY; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; NEPHROLOGY; PAKISTAN; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 77951244676     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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