Progress towards national self-sufficiency in organ transplants

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 647-

  Noël, Luc ^a   Martin, Dominique ^b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; TOURISM;

COMMERCE; HUMANS; LIVING DONORS; PAKISTAN; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 70249112674     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.09.068817     Document Type: Editorial

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