Adverse Family Social Circumstances and Outcome in Pediatric Cardiac Transplant Recipients at a UK Center

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1267-1272

  Brown, Kate L ^a   Ramaiah, Raghu ^a   Fenton, Matthew ^a   Wood, Tracey Lunnon ^a   Scott, Katherine ^a   Carter, Kate ^a   Wray, Jo ^a   Burch, Michael ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOME; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INCOME; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GREAT BRITAIN; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 70450221873     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2009.05.023     Document Type: Article

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