Representation of Hispanics in the National Marrow Donor Program

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 323-327

  Freytes, C O ^a   Beatty, P G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone marrow transplant; Hispanic population; Minority donors; Unrelated donors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CAUCASIAN; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; UNITED STATES;

BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; REGISTRIES; TISSUE DONORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029863612     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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