American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 53, Issue 2 , Pages 229-237 , February 2009

Risk of CKD in Australian Indigenous and Nonindigenous Children: A Population-Based Cohort Study

  • Leigh Haysom, MD

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Kidney Research, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia
    • The School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Leigh Haysom, Centre for Kidney Research, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Locked Bag 4001, Westmead NSW 2145, Australia
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  • Rita Williams, BA

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Kidney Research, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia
    • ,
  • Elisabeth Hodson, MD

      Affiliations

    • The School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
    • Department of Nephrology, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia
    • ,
  • Pamela Lopez-Vargas, BN

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Kidney Research, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia
    • ,
  • L. Paul Roy, MD

      Affiliations

    • The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia
    • ,
  • David Lyle, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rural Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
    • ,
  • Jonathan C. Craig, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Kidney Research, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia
    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology, The School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

Received 27 February 2008 ,Accepted 1 August 2008.

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 Originally published online as doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.08.004 on October 20, 2008.

PII: S0272-6386(08)01242-0

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.08.004

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 53, Issue 2 , Pages 229-237 , February 2009

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