Knowledge, attitudes and proposals of medical students concerning transplantations in Greece

International Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 164-169

  Dardavessis, Theodore ^a   Xenophontos, Pantelis ^a,b   Haidich, Anna Bettina ^a   Kiritsi, Maria ^a   Vayionas, Malamatenia Arvanitidou ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b General Hospital   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Greece; Medical students; Proposals; Transplantations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT ATTITUDE; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 79960198866     PISSN: 20087802     EISSN: 20088213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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