Racial disparities in hematopoietic cell transplantation in the United States

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1385-1390

  Majhail, N S ^a,b   Nayyar, S ^a   Burton Santibanez M E ^a   Murphy, E A ^a   Denzen, E M ^a  

^a NATIONAL MARROW DONOR PROGRAM   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL BLOOD AND MARROW TRANSPLANT RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

access; allogeneic transplant; autologous transplant; health care disparities; hematopoietic cell transplantation; race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; AUTOLOGOUS HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; DONOR; DONOR AVAILABILITY; DONOR SELECTION; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; TRANSPLANTATION CONDITIONING; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84869087193     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: 14765365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2011.214     Document Type: Review

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