Optimizing donor potential in the UK

Clinical Ethics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 127-133

  Murphy, Paul G ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84855295214     PISSN: 14777509     EISSN: 1758101X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ce.2011.011025     Document Type: Article

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3. Annual summary statistics on donation and transplantation in the UK are published by NHS Blood and Transplant and available at www.uktransplant.org.uk/ukt/statistics/latest_statistics/latest_statistics.jsp (last checked 19 July 2011)
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