Factors associated with attrition from a national bone marrow registry

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 313-319

  Switzer, G E ^a,d   Dew, M A ^a,b   Stukas, A A ^a   Goycoolea, J M ^a   Hegland, J ^c   Simmons, R G ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL MARROW DONOR PROGRAM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Attrition; Bone marrow donors; Retention

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032766436     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1701884     Document Type: Article

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