Minimizing racial disparity regarding receipt of a cadaver kidney transplant

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 749-759

  Ozminkowski, Ronald J ^a   White, Alan J ^b   Hassol, Andrea ^b   Murphy, Michael ^b  

^a MEDSTAT GROUP   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Access to treatment; Dialysis; ESRD; Kidney transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER KIDNEY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 0030734028     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-6386(97)90078-0     Document Type: Article

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