Attrition of potential bone marrow donors at two key decision points leading to donation

Transplantation

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1529-1534

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

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

^b VA Ctr for Hlth Equity Res/Prom   (United States)

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

^d NATIONAL MARROW DONOR PROGRAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; DECISION MAKING; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VOLUNTEER;

BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT DROPOUTS; REGISTRIES; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 2542616758     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TP.0000122219.35928.D6     Document Type: Article

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