Open AccessGeographic, ethnic, age-related and temporal variation in the incidence of end-stage renal disease in Europe, Canada and the Asia-Pacific region, 1998-2002
Author(s) -
John H. Stewart,
Margaret McCredie,
Sheila Williams
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfl145
Subject(s) - medicine , ethnic group , incidence (geometry) , geographic variation , demography , end stage renal disease , disease , environmental health , population , anthropology , sociology , optics , physics
Only unbiased estimates of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) incidence and trends are useful for disease control-identification of risk factors and measuring the effect of intervention.
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