Public opinion of organ donation: A survey in Iran

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Broumand, Mohammadali ^a   Parsapoor, Alireza ^a   Asghari, Fariba ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Brain death; Organ donation; Organ transplantation; Public opinion; Random digit dialing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAIN DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; IRAN; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPINION; TELECONSULTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC OPINION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867635371     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ctr.12001     Document Type: Article

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