Renal failure deaths and their risk factors in India 2001-13: nationally representative estimates from the Million Death Study

• Main Authors: Anna J Dare, PhD (Author), Sze Hang Fu, MSA (Author), Jayadeep Patra, PhD (Author), Peter S Rodriguez, MSA (Author), J S Thakur, ProfMD (Author), Prabhat Jha, ProfDPhil (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: Renal failure represents a growing but mostly undocumented cause of premature mortality in low-income and middle-income countries. We investigated changes in adult renal failure mortality and its key risk factors in India using the nationally representative Million Death Study....