Kidney Transplantation: Is There Any Place for Refugees?

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 895-897

  Einollahi, B ^a   Noorbala, M H ^a   Kardavani, B ^a   Moghani Lankarani, M ^a   Assari, S ^a   Simforosh, N ^a   Bagheri, N ^a  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MIDDLE EAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IRAN; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE EAST; REFUGEES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34248554157     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2007.03.095     Document Type: Article

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