American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 52, Issue 1 , Pages 111-117, July 2008

Association Between a Self-Rated Health Question and Mortality in Young and Old Dialysis Patients: A Cohort Study

  • Melissa S.Y. Thong, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Melissa S.Y. Thong, MSc, Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Center, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands.
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  • Adrian A. Kaptein, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Psychology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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  • Yael Benyamini, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Bob Shapell School of Social Work, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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  • Raymond T. Krediet, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nephrology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam
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  • Elisabeth W. Boeschoten, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Hans Mak Institute, Naarden, The Netherlands.
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  • Friedo W. Dekker, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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  • Netherlands Cooperative Study on the Adequacy of Dialysis (NECOSAD) Study Group

Received 31 July 2007; accepted 2 April 2008. published online 30 May 2008.

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 Originally published online as doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.04.001 on May 22, 2008.

 A list of the members of the NECOSAD Study Group appears at the end of this article.

PII: S0272-6386(08)00710-5

doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.04.001

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 52, Issue 1 , Pages 111-117, July 2008

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