Access to quality: Evaluation of the allocation of deceased donor kidneys for transplantation

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 3121-3127

  Schold, Jesse Dylan ^a,b   Kaplan, Bruce ^a   Chumbler, Neale R ^b,c   Howard, Richard J ^a   Srinivas, Titte R ^a   Ma, Linan ^a   Meier Kriesche, Herwig Ulf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR SELECTION; ETHNOLOGY; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DONOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645262487     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2005050517     Document Type: Article

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