Organ donation among asians and pacific islanders: Preliminary research findings

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 182-193

  Weaver, Marcia ^a   Shiu Thornton, Sharyne ^a   Spigner, Clarence ^a   Chan, Maxine ^b   Allen, Margaret D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b International Community Health Services   (United States)

^c HOPE HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PACIFIC ISLANDER; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CARE; AGE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DONOR; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ASIAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037805055     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049208903014002004     Document Type: Article

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