The willingness toward deceased organ donation among university students: Implications for health education in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1340-1345

  Al Ghanim, Saad A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO LIFE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORTALITY; ORGAN DONOR; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SAUDI ARABIA; STUDENT ATTITUDE; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CADAVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAUDI ARABIA; STUDENTS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 70449652749     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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