Four plus forty-four: Hours to modify, theirs to enjoy

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 169-171

  Vanita Jassal, Sarbjit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DIALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FLUID BALANCE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; NON SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SADNESS; SLEEP DISORDER; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; MALE; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGY; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

AGING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL DIALYSIS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 84923819058     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.12681214     Document Type: Article

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