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. 2024 Apr;37(3):781-784.
doi: 10.1007/s40620-023-01882-8. Epub 2024 Mar 1.

Eco-dialysis in Italy: where are we? National survey on the eco-sustainability of dialysis across Italian dialysis centers

Gaetano Alfano  1 , Franco Bergesio  2 , Marco Lombardi  3 , Giorgina Barbara Piccoli  4 , Mario Salomone  5 , Decenzio Bonucchi  6 , Stefano Cusinato  7 , Carla Colturi  8 , Pino Quintaliani  9 , Antonio Santoro  10 , Claudia D'Alessandro  11 , Anna Maria Ciciani  12 ; Project Group on Green Nephrology of the Italian Society of Nephrology
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Eco-dialysis in Italy: where are we? National survey on the eco-sustainability of dialysis across Italian dialysis centers

Gaetano Alfano et al. J Nephrol. 2024 Apr.
No abstract available

Keywords: Acid concentrate; Blood flow; Dialysate; Dialysis; Eco-sustainability; Green dialysis; Hemodialysis; Home hemodialysis; Incremental dialysis; Peritoneal dialysis; Waste.

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