Developing nephrology programs in very low-resource settings: challenges in sustainability

Kidney International Supplements

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 202-205

  Yeates, Karen ^a   Ghosh, Sudakshina ^b   Kilonzo, Kajiru ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

hemodialysis; low resource; peritoneal dialysis; transplantation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84912094593     PISSN: 21571724     EISSN: 21571716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/kisup.2013.14     Document Type: Article

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