Understanding of and attitude to xenotransplantation among Italian university students: Impact of a 3-yr university course

Xenotransplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 264-271

  Canova, Daniele ^a   Bona, Manuela De ^a   Rumiati, Rino ^a   Masier, Annalisa ^a   Ermani, Mario ^a   Naccarato, Remo ^a   Cozzi, Emanuele ^a   Ancona, Ermanno ^a   Burra, Patrizia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Education; University students; Xenotransplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL STUDENT; MORALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; SAMPLE SIZE; SCIENCE; SEX RATIO; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT ATTITUDE; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VETERINARY MEDICINE; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ITALY; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 33744772285     PISSN: 0908665X     EISSN: 13993089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3089.2006.00307.x     Document Type: Article

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