Access and outcomes among minority transplant patients, 1999-2008, with a focus on determinants of kidney graft survival: Special feature

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 10, Issue 4 PART 2, 2010, Pages 1090-1107

  Fan, P Y ^a   Ashby, V B ^b   Fuller, D S ^c   Boulware, L E ^d,e,f   Kao, A ^g   Norman, S P ^h   Randall, H B ⁱ   Young, C ^j   Kalbfleisch, J D ^b   Leichtman, A B ^b,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c ARBOR RESEARCH COLLABORATIVE FOR HEALTH   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

ⁱ BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j Kentucky   (United States)

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Author keywords

Access; Ethnicity; Heart transplantation; Intestine transplantation; Kidney transplantation; Liver transplantation; Lung transplantation; Minorities; Outcomes; Pancreas transplantation; Race; Survival

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSIS; ETHNICITY; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISPANIC; HLA MATCHING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MINORITY GROUP; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL; TREND STUDY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MINORITY GROUPS; RENAL DIALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77949821700     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2009.03009.x     Document Type: Article

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