Unemployment in inner-city renal transplant recipients: Predictive and sociodemographic factors

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 881-887

  Markell, Mariana S ^a   DiBenedetto, Annette ^a   Maursky, Victoria ^a   Sumrani, Nabil ^a   Hong, Joon H ^a   Distant, Dale A ^a   Miles, Ann Marie V ^a   Sommer, Bruce G ^a   Friedman, Eli A ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Health insurance; Inner city; Renal transplant; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EMPLOYABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 0030940322     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-6386(97)90462-5     Document Type: Article

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