American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 51, Issue 4 , Pages 554-562 , April 2008

Attitudes and Behaviors of African Americans Regarding Early Detection of Kidney Disease

  • Amy D. Waterman, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Amy D. Waterman, PhD, Division of General Medical Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, Campus Box 8005, 660 S Euclid, St Louis, MO 63110.
    • ,
  • Teri Browne, MSW

      Affiliations

    • School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
    • ,
  • Brian M. Waterman, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Waterman Research Solutions, St Louis, MO
    • ,
  • Elisa H. Gladstone, MPH

      Affiliations

    • The National Kidney Disease Education Program, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
    • ,
  • Thomas Hostetter, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY.

Received 29 June 2007 ,Accepted 12 December 2007.

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 Originally published online as doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2007.12.020 on March 4, 2008.

PII: S0272-6386(08)00032-2

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2007.12.020

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 51, Issue 4 , Pages 554-562 , April 2008

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