Chronic kidney disease in sub-Saharan Africa: Hypothesis for research demand

Annals of African Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 119-120

  Yirsaw, Biruck D ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHRONIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EGYPT; EPIDEMIC; ETHIOPIA; ETHNICITY; FATALITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHESIS; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY INJURY; LETTER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NICARAGUA; OBESITY; PARASITOSIS; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RACE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RISK; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AFRICA; SRI LANKA; SUDAN; VIRUS INFECTION; ZAMBIA;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84859253328     PISSN: 15963519     EISSN: 09755764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1596-3519.93537     Document Type: Letter

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