Preventable death: Children on the transplant waiting list

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2491-2495

  McDiarmid, S V ^a   Cherikh, W S ^b   Sweet, S C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNITED NETWORK FOR ORGAN SHARING   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allocation; Death risk; Deceased donor organs; Pediatric transplantation

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEATH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART DEATH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIVING DONOR; MORTALITY; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 55949098190     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2008.02443.x     Document Type: Review

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