Chronic kidney disease in the Caribbean

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 464-470

  Soyibo, A K ^a,b   Roberts, L ^c   Barton, E N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b Caribbean Institute of Nephrology   (Jamaica)

^c Ministry of Health Trinidad and Tobago   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Burden of CKD ESRD; Caribbean renal registry; Chronic kidney disease; Renal replacement therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE REGISTRY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; ORGAN DONOR; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COST OF ILLNESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REGISTER; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; STATISTICS; TRANSPLANTATION;

CARIBBEAN REGION; COST OF ILLNESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; REGISTRIES; RENAL DIALYSIS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84856366329     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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