Organ donation and transplantation: Ethnic differences in knowledge and opinions among urban high school students

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 87-101

  Spigner, Clarence ^a   Weaver, Marcia ^a   Cárdenas, Vicky ^a   Allen, Margaret D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b HOPE HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; African American; Asian American; Health disparities; Minority health; Organ donation; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; SCHOOL; TELEVISION; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0036589581     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1355785022000038579     Document Type: Article

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