Racial and ethnic disparities in survival in lung transplant candidates with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 398-403

  Lederer, D J ^a   Caplan Shaw, C E ^a   O'Shea, M K ^c   Wilt, J S ^a   Basner, R C ^a   Bartels, M N ^a   Sonett, J R ^a   Arcasoy, S M ^a   Kawut, S M ^a,b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Mount Sinai Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; Lung transplantation; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG HEMODYNAMICS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG VOLUME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPIROMETRY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; COHORT STUDIES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33644906405     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2005.01205.x     Document Type: Article

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