Factors associated with brain donation among optimally healthy elderly people

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 1999, Pages

  Kaye, Jeffrey A ^a,b,c   Dame, Alison ^a   Lehman, Suzanne ^a   Sexton, Gary ^c  

^a PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033386693     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/54.11.M560     Document Type: Article

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