Education and end of life in chronic kidney disease: disparities in black and white.
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Education and End of Life in Chronic Kidney Disease: Disparities in Black and White Daniel Cukor* and Paul L. Kimmel *Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Downstate Medical Center, State University of New York, Brooklyn, New York; and Division of Kidney Urologic and Hematologic Diseases, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 5: 163–166, 2010. doi: 10.2215/CJN.09271209
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN
دوره 5 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2010