American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 53, Issue 5 , Pages 804-814, May 2009

Conversion of Vascular Access Type Among Incident Hemodialysis Patients: Description and Association With Mortality

  • Brian D. Bradbury, DSc, MA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Amgen Inc, Thousand Oaks, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Brian D. Bradbury, DSc, MA, 1 Amgen Center Dr, MS: 24-2-A, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320
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  • Fangfei Chen, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Amgen Inc, Thousand Oaks, CA
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  • Anna Furniss, MS

      Affiliations

    • Colorado Health Institute, Denver, CO
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  • Ronald L. Pisoni, PhD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, Ann Arbor, MI
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  • Marcia Keen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Medical Research Management, Amgen Inc, Thousand Oaks, CA
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  • Donna Mapes, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, Ann Arbor, MI
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  • Mahesh Krishnan, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Medical Research Management, Amgen Inc, Thousand Oaks, CA

Received 13 May 2008; accepted 20 November 2008. published online 06 March 2009.

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 Originally published online as doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.11.031 on March 6, 2009.

PII: S0272-6386(09)00031-6

doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.11.031

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 53, Issue 5 , Pages 804-814, May 2009

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