Increasing organ transplantation - Fairly

Transplantation

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 157-159

  Sackner Bernstein, Jonathan D ^a   Godin, Seth ^b  

^a NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Do You Zoom Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; HUMAN; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

HUMANS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 1642565984     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TP.0000103741.63011.B8     Document Type: Review

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