Foreigners traveling to the U.S. for transplantation may adversely affect organ donation: A national survey

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1468-1472

  Volk, M L ^a,b   Warren, G J W ^a   Anspach, R R ^b   Couper, M P ^b   Merion, R M ^a,c   Ubel, P A ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c ARBOR RESEARCH COLLABORATIVE FOR HEALTH   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Donation rates; Ethics; Public policy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; ADULT; ATTITUDE; DONOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIGRANT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; DATA COLLECTION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952908440     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2010.03111.x     Document Type: Article

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