The impact of television on attitudes towards organ donation - A survey in a German urban population sample

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2315-2318

  Weber, Franz ^a   Philipp, Thomas ^a   Broelsch, Christoph E ^a   Lange, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attitudes towards organ donation; Germany; Media; Questionnaire; Survey; Television

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TELEVISION;

ATTITUDE; DATA COLLECTION; GERMANY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TELEVISION; TISSUE DONORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0032875345     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/14.10.2315     Document Type: Article

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