An epidemic of chronic kidney disease in Central America: An overview

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 1049, 2013, Pages 123-125

  Ramirez Rubio, Oriana ^a,b   McClean, Michael D ^b   Amador, Juan José ^b   Brooks, Daniel R ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 84877307373     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2012-201141rep     Document Type: Editorial

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