Disaster preparedness for dialysis patients

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2337-2339

  Kleinpeter, Myra A ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DIALYSIS EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTER PREPAREDNESS; EDITORIAL; FLOODING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH LITERACY; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; HURRICANE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NATURAL DISASTER; NEPHROLOGIST; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; RENAL DIALYSIS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 80053918272     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.08690811     Document Type: Editorial

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