Racial ethnic differences in rates and determinants of deceased donor kidney transplantation

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 743-751

  Hall, Yoshio N ^a   Choi, Andy I ^b   Xu, Ping ^c   O'Hare, Ann M ^a   Chertow, Glenn M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953331597     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: 15333450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2010080819     Document Type: Article

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