Examining college students' intentions to become organ donors

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 237-249

  Feeley, Thomas Hugh ^a   Servoss, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ORGAN DONOR; REGISTER;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; HUMANS; LIVING DONORS; LOGISTIC MODELS; NEW YORK; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; STUDENTS;

EID: 20744435034     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730590934262     Document Type: Article

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