Incidence of end-stage renal disease in the elderly: A steadily rising global socioeconomic epidemic

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 523-525

  Paraskevas, Kosmas I ^a   Bessias, Nikolaos ^a   Koupidis, Sotirios A ^b   Tziviskou, Effie ^c   Mikhailidis, Dimitri P ^d   Oreopoulos, Dimitrios G ^e  

^a RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b Athens Psychiatric Hospital Dromokaition   (Greece)

^c HENRY DUNANT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDITORIAL; ELDERLY CARE; EPIDEMIC; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77956182139     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11255-009-9691-1     Document Type: Editorial

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