Creating a 13-year National Longitudinal Cohort of veterans with chronic kidney disease

Abstract Background The development of large-scale chronic kidney disease (CKD) cohorts within the Veterans Affairs (VA) system has been limited by several factors, including the high proportion of missing race data etc. The goal of this study is to address the limitations of prior studies by creati...

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Main Authors: Mukoso N. Ozieh, Mulugeta Gebregziabher, Ralph C. Ward, David J. Taber, Leonard E. Egede
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-07-01
Series:BMC Nephrology
Subjects:
CKD
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12882-019-1430-y