Journal of Renal Nutrition
Volume 18, Issue 5 , Pages 466-470 , September 2008

Fast Food, Phosphorus-Containing Additives, and the Renal Diet

  • Srilekha Sarathy, MS, RD, LD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nephrology, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
    • Center for Reducing Health Disparities, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
    • ,
  • Catherine Sullivan, MS, RD, LD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nephrology, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
    • Center for Reducing Health Disparities, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
    • ,
  • Janeen B. Leon, MS, RD, LD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nephrology, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
    • Center for Reducing Health Disparities, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
    • Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
    • ,
  • Ashwini R. Sehgal, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nephrology, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
    • Center for Reducing Health Disparities, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
    • Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Ashwini R. Sehgal, MD, Division of Nephrology, MetroHealth Medical Center, 2500 MetroHealth Drive, Cleveland, OH 44109.

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 This work was supported by grant DK51472 from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (Bethesda, MD), and by the Leonard C. Rosenberg Renal Research Foundation (Cleveland, OH).

PII: S1051-2276(08)00333-6

doi: 10.1053/j.jrn.2008.05.007

Journal of Renal Nutrition
Volume 18, Issue 5 , Pages 466-470 , September 2008

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