Seminars in Nephrology
Volume 30, Issue 1 , Pages 12-18 , January 2010

Health Disparities in Renal Disease in Canada

  • Karen Yeates, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Dr. Karen Yeates, 94 Stuart St, Etherington Hall, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L3N6

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 Dr. Yeates is supported by a Biomedical Scholarship from the Kidney Foundation of Canada.

PII: S0270-9295(09)00180-6

doi: 10.1016/j.semnephrol.2009.10.014

Seminars in Nephrology
Volume 30, Issue 1 , Pages 12-18 , January 2010

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