Water conservation: An emerging but vital issue in hemodialysis therapy

Blood Purification

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 181-185

  Tarrass, Faissal ^a   Benjelloun, Meryem ^a   Benjelloun, Omar ^c   Bensaha, Tarik ^b  

^a Department of Hemodialysis   (Turkey)

^b Stomatologist and Water Conservation Researcher ^*  (Morocco)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environment; Financial savings; Hemodialysis; Reverse osmosis; Water conservation; Water reuse

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DIALYSIS FLUID; WATER;

DIALYSATE; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FLOW RATE; FLUID INTAKE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; RECYCLING; REVIEW; TECHNIQUE; UNITED STATES; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; RECYCLING; RENAL DIALYSIS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 77957300994     PISSN: 02535068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000321485     Document Type: Review

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