Nephrologist caseload and hemodialysis patient survival in an urban cohort

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1678-1687

  Harley, Kevin T ^a   Streja, Elani ^a,b   Rhee, Connie M ^a,c   Molnar, Miklos Z ^a,d,e   Kovesdy, Csaba P ^f,g   Amin, Alpesh N ^a   Kalantar Zadeh, Kamyar ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOS ANGELES BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^e UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEPHROLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885032305     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: 15333450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2013020123     Document Type: Article

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