Black Kidney Function Matters: Use or Misuse of Race?

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 324, Issue 8, 2020, Pages 737-738

  Powe, Neil R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALGORITHM; CAUCASIAN; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CREATININE CLEARANCE; ESTIMATED GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RACISM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL MEDIA; ANCESTRY GROUP; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; KIDNEY; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BIOMARKERS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CREATININE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; PHENOTYPE; RACISM; REFERENCE VALUES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85089355972     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2020.13378     Document Type: Note

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