Chronic kidney disease in Central America: The big picture

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Hanson, Lori ^a   Haynes, Leigh K ^b   Turiano, Laura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b People's Health Movement USA ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; NOTE;

CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC;

EID: 84902660853     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.301984     Document Type: Letter

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