A 16-Fold Increase in Organ Donation in a Hispanic Population

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1005-1007

  Saade M ^a,b,d   Morales Otero, L ^a,b,c,d   Davis, J ^a   Torres, E ^a,c   Gonzalez Z ^b,c   Santiago Delpin E A ^b,c  

^a Health Department   (Puerto Rico)

^b Auxilio Mutuo Hospital   (Puerto Rico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LAW; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERTO RICO; SOCIOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION;

CADAVER; CULTURE; EDUCATION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; PUERTO RICO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 44849100905     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.03.120     Document Type: Article

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