Attitudes and beliefs about organ donation among different racial groups

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-18

  Yuen, Christine C ^a   Burton, William ^a   Chiraseveenuprapund, Peter ^a   Elmore, Erin ^a   Wong, Susan ^a   Ozuah, Philip ^a   Mulvihill, Michael ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Minorities; Organ donation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 0031611307     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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