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Prevalence and risk factors of kidney disease in urban Karachi: baseline findings from a community cohort study

BACKGROUND: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is being increasingly recognized as a leading public health problem. However, there are limited data available with respect to prevalence of CKD in Pakistan, a developing South Asian country. The study presents the baseline findings of prevalence and risk fac...

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Autores principales: Alam, Ashar, Amanullah, Farhana, Baig-Ansari, Naila, Lotia-Farrukh, Ismat, Khan, Faisal S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3972995/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24670059
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-7-179