Socioeconomic Status and Pediatric Heart Transplantation-Does it Matter?

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1252-1253

  Canter, Charles E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PEDIATRICS; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SOCIAL STATUS;

CHILD; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 70450221508     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2009.05.037     Document Type: Editorial

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