The association of donor center characteristics with attrition from the national marrow donor registry

Transplantation

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 874-880

  Myaskovsky, Larissa ^a,e   Switzer, Galen E ^a,b   Dew, Mary Amanda ^a,c   Goycoolea, Jean M ^a   Confer, Dennis L ^d   Abress, Linda ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Veteran's Administration Center for Health Equity Research Programs   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d NATIONAL MARROW DONOR PROGRAM   (United States)

^e Iroquois Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; DNA FINGERPRINTING; HEALTH PROGRAM; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; WORKLOAD;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1842577533     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TP.0000116394.88804.A7     Document Type: Article

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