Examining the association between media coverage of organ donation and organ transplantation rates

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 219-223

  Quick, Brian L ^a   Meyer, Kevin R ^a   Kim, Do Kyun ^a   Taylor, Drew ^a   Kline, Jessica ^a   Apple, Trish ^a   Newman, Joel D ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNITED NETWORK FOR ORGAN SHARING   (United States)

Author keywords

Media; Organ donation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MASS COMMUNICATION; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC RELATIONS; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEVISION;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HUMANS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PUBLIC OPINION; TELEVISION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947722367     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2006.00628.x     Document Type: Article

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