Chronic kidney disease in sub-Saharan Africa: A public health priority

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2014, Pages e124-e125

  Perico, Norberto ^a   Remuzzi, Giuseppe ^a,b  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b Unit of Nephrology and Dialysis   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; EDUCATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMAN; INCOME; NOTE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; FEMALE; MALE; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC;

EID: 84896717120     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(14)70014-2     Document Type: Note

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