Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease
Volume 17, Issue 4 , Pages 348-357 , July 2010

Physical Functioning in Elderly Persons With Kidney Disease

  • Michelle C. Odden

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Michelle C. Odden, PhD, University of California, San Francisco, Box 1211, San Francisco, CA 94143-1211.

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 Dr Odden is supported by a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (T32HP19025).

 The author has no financial conflicts of interest to disclose.

PII: S1548-5595(10)00039-X

doi: 10.1053/j.ackd.2010.02.002

Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease
Volume 17, Issue 4 , Pages 348-357 , July 2010

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