Organ donation after death in Ontario: A population-based cohort study

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 185, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Redelmeier, Donald A ^a,b   Markel, Frank ^c   Scales, Damon C ^a,b,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c Trillium Gift of Life Network   (Canada)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CADAVER DONOR; CANADA; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 84877908891     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.122047     Document Type: Article

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