Access to Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation in the United States

Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1070-1075

  Majhail, Navneet S ^a,b   Omondi, Nancy A ^c   Denzen, Ellen ^c   Murphy, Elizabeth A ^c   Rizzo, J Douglas ^d,e  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL BLOOD AND MARROW TRANSPLANT RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL MARROW DONOR PROGRAM   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL BLOOD AND MARROW TRANSPLANT RESEARCH   (United States)

^e MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Allogeneic; Autologous; Hematopoietic cell transplantation; Underserved populations

Indexed keywords

CANCER CENTER; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954311007     PISSN: 10838791     EISSN: 15236536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2009.12.529     Document Type: Review

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