American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 51, Issue 4 , Pages 535-538 , April 2008

Challenges for Public Campaigns to Improve the Health of Persons at High Risk of Developing CKD

  • L. Ebony Boulware, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to L. Ebony Boulware, MD, MPH, Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 2024 E Monument St, Ste 2-600, Baltimore, MD 21205.

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doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.01.006

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 51, Issue 4 , Pages 535-538 , April 2008

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