Driving donation: A geographic analysis of potential organ donors in the state of Ohio, USA

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1197-1210

  Grubesic, T H ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographic information system; Organ donation; Organ procurement; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGAN DONOR; RELIGION; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; ETHNIC GROUPS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; OHIO; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034676261     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(00)00030-7     Document Type: Article

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