Why don't we have enough cornea donors? A literature review and survey

Optometry

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 318-X

  Golchet, Gila ^a   Carr, Jennifer ^a   Harris, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cornea; Organ donations; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

CORNEA; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DONOR; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

CORNEA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TISSUE DONORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034184598     PISSN: 15291839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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