Signing cards, saving lives: An evaluation of the worksite organ donation promotion project

Communication Monographs

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 253-273

  Morgan, Susan E ^a   Miller, Jenny ^b   Arasaratnam, Lily A ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Rutgers University ^*

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EID: 0036762881     PISSN: 03637751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03637750216540     Document Type: Article

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