Contributing factors for the willingness to donate organs in the Hispanic American population

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 145, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 684-689

  Salim, Ali ^a   Schulman, Danielle ^a   Ley, Eric J ^a   Berry, Cherisse ^a   Navarro, Sonia ^a   Chan, Linda S ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BODY IMAGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FAMILY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; PERCEPTION; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIOECONOMICS; TELEPHONE;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AWARENESS; CALIFORNIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TELEPHONE; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 77955000285     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2010.110     Document Type: Article

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