Racial differences in incidence, outcome, and quality of life for african-americans on hemodialysis

Blood Purification

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 278-285

  Owen, William F ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Diabetes; End stage renal disease; Hemodialysis; Hypertension; Survival

Indexed keywords

HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PANCREAS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SELECTION BIAS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 9444288106     PISSN: 02535068     EISSN: 14219735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000170274     Document Type: Article

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