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Education in Vascular Access

  1. Louise M. Moist1,
  2. Timmy C. Lee2,
  3. Charmaine E. Lok3,
  4. Ahmed Al-Jaishi1,
  5. Wang Xi1,
  6. Vern Campbell4,
  7. Janet Graham5,
  8. Barb Wilson1,
  9. Tushar J. Vachharajani6

Article first published online: 25 FEB 2013

DOI: 10.1111/sdi.12055

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Seminars in Dialysis

Seminars in Dialysis

Volume 26, Issue 2, pages 148–153, March/April 2013

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Moist, L. M., Lee, T. C., Lok, C. E., Al-Jaishi, A., Xi, W., Campbell, V., Graham, J., Wilson, B. and Vachharajani, T. J. (2013), Education in Vascular Access. Seminars in Dialysis, 26: 148–153. doi: 10.1111/sdi.12055

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  1. 1

    Kidney Clinical Research Unit, Division of Nephrology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

  2. 2

    Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio

  3. 3

    Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Toronto General Hospital, and the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  4. 4

    Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, St Michael’s Hospital, and the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  5. 5

    Division on Nephrology, Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

  6. 6

    Division of Nephrology, W.G. (Bill) Hefner Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salisbury, North Carolina

*Address correspondence toLouise Moist, MD, Professor of Medicine & Epidemiology, Schulich School of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London Health Sciences Centre, Victoria Hospital, 800 Commissioners Rd E., London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5W9, Tel.: +519-685-8211, Fax: +519-685-8449, or e-mail: louise.moist@lhsc.on.ca.

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  2. Article first published online: 25 FEB 2013

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