The impact of race on organ donation rates in Southern California

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 211, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 596-600

  Salim, Ali ^a   Berry, Cherisse ^a   Ley, Eric J ^a   Schulman, Danielle ^a   Desai, Chirag ^a   Navarro, Sonia ^b   Malinoski, Darren ^c  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OneLegacy Organ Procurement Organization   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; CALIFORNIA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 78049380133     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2010.06.390     Document Type: Article

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