Organ donation: Knowledge, attitudes, and practice in Lagos, Nigeria

Artificial Organs

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 626-629

  Odusanya, Olumuyiwa O ^a   Ladipo, Christopher O ^b  

^a LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Knowledge; Organ donation; Organ failure; Transplant

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; KNOWLEDGE; NIGERIA; ORGAN DONATIONS; ORGAN FAILURE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTS; SAMPLING TECHNIQUE; STUDY SAMPLES; SURVEY INSTRUMENTS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NIGERIA; ORGAN DONOR; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING;

EID: 33746391540     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: 15251594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2006.00272.x     Document Type: Article

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