Gender imbalance in kidney transplantation: Iran in a global perspective

Gender Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 101-105

  Einollahi, Behzad ^a  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENDER BIAS; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; IRAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MEDLINE; NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; PREJUDICE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 41949112631     PISSN: 15508579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1550-8579(08)80012-5     Document Type: Article

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