American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 48, Issue 6 , Pages 964-971, December 2006

Differences in Use of Peritoneal Dialysis and Survival Among East Asian, Indo Asian, and White ESRD Patients in Canada

Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, and Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary; Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, and Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Alberta; Institute of Health Economics, Edmonton, Alberta; Department of Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine, University of British Columbia; Division of Nephrology, St Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia; Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada; and Division of Nephrology, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA.

Received 8 June 2006; accepted 29 August 2006. published online 18 October 2006.

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 Support: B.R.H., B.J.M., N.A.K., and M.T. are supported by New Investigator Awards from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. B.R.H. and M.T. also are supported by Population Health Investigator Awards from the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research. J.S.G. is supported by the Michael Smith Foundation for Medical Research. The Canadian Organ Replacement Register is funded 15% by the federal department of health and 80% by the provincial and territorial departments of health based on population. Together, the Kidney Foundation of Canada and the health care industry provide approximately 5% of the funding. Potential conflicts of interest: None.Originally published online as doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2006.08.021 on October 18, 2006.

PII: S0272-6386(06)01370-9

doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2006.08.021

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    American Journal of Kidney Diseases February 2007 (Vol. 49, Issue 2, Page 348)

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 48, Issue 6 , Pages 964-971, December 2006

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