Differences in characteristics of US hematopoietic stem cell transplantation centers by proportion of racial or ethnic minorities

Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 988-998

  Schwake, Christopher J ^a   Eapen, Mary ^a   Lee, Stephanie J ^b   Freytes, César O ^c   Giralt, Sergio A ^d   Navarro, Willis H ^e   Rizzo, J Douglas ^a   van Besien, Koen ^f   Loberiza Jr , Fausto R ^g  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnic minorities; Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; Transplantation centers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HISPANIC; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINORITY GROUP; MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN; RACE DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 28744450153     PISSN: 10838791     EISSN: 15236536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2005.07.013     Document Type: Article

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