Understanding of and attitudes to xenotransplantation: A survey among Italian university students

Xenotransplantation

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 133-140

  De Bona, Manuela ^a   Canova, Daniele ^a   Rumiati, Rino ^a   Russo, Francesco Paolo ^a   Ermani, Mario ^a   Ancona, Ermanno ^a   Naccarato, Remo ^a   Burra, Patrizia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attitude; University students; Xenotransplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ATTITUDE; COLLEGE STUDENT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MEDICINE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNIVERSITY; VETERINARY MEDICINE; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; RELIGION; STUDENTS; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

EID: 1442314152     PISSN: 0908665X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3089.2004.00091.x     Document Type: Review

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