The socioeconomic status of donors and recipients of living unrelated renal transplants in the United States

Journal of Urology

Volumn 187, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1760-1765

  Gore, John L ^a   Singer, Jennifer S ^b   Brown, Arleen F ^b   Danovitch, Gabriel M ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

health services accessibility; kidney; kidney transplantation; living donors; socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SPOUSE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859519491     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2011.12.112     Document Type: Article

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