Racial composition of residential areas associates with access to pre-ESRD nephrology care

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1192-1199

  Prakash, Suma ^a   Rodriguez, Rudolph A ^b,c   Austin, Peter C ^a,d   Saskin, Refik ^d   Fernandez, Alicia ^e   Moist, Louise M ^f   O'Hare, Ann M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLOGY; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 77954584738     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: 15333450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2009101008     Document Type: Article

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