High prevalence of chronic kidney disease, anemia, and falls in an urban long-term care facility: Relationship or coincidence?

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 297-299

  Dharmarajan, T S ^a   Banik, Prabir ^b   Kanagala, M ^a   Scarpa, Joseph ^a   Norkus, Edward P ^a,b,c  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Schervier Nursing Care Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FALLING; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URBAN AREA;

EID: 77952523873     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2010.02.014     Document Type: Letter

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