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Editorial
. 2015 Aug 7;10(8):1316-7.
doi: 10.2215/CJN.07340715. Epub 2015 Jul 28.

Preparing for Disasters for Patients on Dialysis

Michael Davis  1 , Jeffrey B Kopp  2
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Editorial

Preparing for Disasters for Patients on Dialysis

Michael Davis et al. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. .
No abstract available

Keywords: dialysis; disaster planning; hemodialysis.

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