Haemodialysis outcomes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients of remote Kimberley region origin

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 193, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 516-520

  Marley, Julia V ^a,b   Dent, Hannah K ^c,d   Wearne, Maree ^b   Fitzclarence, Cherelle ^b   Nelson, Carmel ^b   Siu, Karen ^e   Warr, Kevin ^e   Atkinson, David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Council Inc   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry   (Australia)

^e ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT;

EID: 78149320596     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb04035.x     Document Type: Article

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