Survivors - Dialysis, immigration, and U.S. law

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 364, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 2183-2185

  Raghavan, Rajeev ^a   Nuila, Ricardo ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; DIALYSIS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; LAW; MEDICAID; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SURVIVOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79958235997     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1101195     Document Type: Short Survey

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