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Chronic Kidney Disease: Epidemiology and Causes

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In this chapter we consider the practical role of CKD epidemiology, especially how it helps understand the burden of CKD and RRT and how we can appreciate the best targets for prevention and treatment of our patients with kidney disease.

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  1. Department of Non-Communicable Disease Epidemiology, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK

    Dorothea Nitsch MD, MSc

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  1. UCL Department of Nephrology, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

    Mark Harber

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Nitsch, D. (2014). Chronic Kidney Disease: Epidemiology and Causes. In: Harber, M. (eds) Practical Nephrology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5547-8_47

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