Epidemiology of CKD in Europe: An uncertain scenario

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1731-1733

  Zoccali, Carmine ^a   Kramer, Anneke ^b   Jager, Kitty J ^b  

^a OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC;

EID: 77952999261     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfq250     Document Type: Note

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