Eliminating racial disparities in access to living donor kidney transplantation: How can centers do better?

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 751-753

  Reese, Peter P ^a   Nair, Meera ^a   Bloom, Roy D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; RACE DIFFERENCE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE;

EID: 84861380366     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: 15236838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2012.03.004     Document Type: Editorial

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