Global approaches for understanding the disproportionate burden of chronic kidney disease

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 19, Issue 1 SUPPL.1, 2009, Pages

  Pugsley, David ^a   Norris, Keith C ^b   Garcia Garcia, Guillermo ^c   Agodoa, Lawrence ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL CIVIL DE GUADALAJARA FRAY ANTONIO ALCALDE   (Mexico)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COST OF ILLNESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH; HEALTH DISPARITY; ORGANIZATION; RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMICS; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; COST OF ILLNESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 80053188614     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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