End-stage kidney disease among indigenous peoples of Australia and New Zealand

Kidney International Supplements

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 170-173

  McDonald, Stephen P ^a,b,c  

^a ANZDATA Registry   (Australia)

^b Central and Northern Adelaide Renal and Transplantation Service   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal dialysis transplant outcomes; Australia; Maori; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907890890     PISSN: 21571724     EISSN: 21571716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/kisup.2013.7     Document Type: Article

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