Racial differences between solid organ transplant donors and recipients in British columbia 2005-2009: A follow-up study since the last analysis in 1993-1997

Transplantation

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Alsahafi, Majid ^a   Leung, Linda ^b   Partovi, Nilufar ^a,c   Yee, John ^b   Yoshida, Eric M ^a  

^a VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c BC Transplant   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIAN; CADAVER DONOR; CANADA; CAUCASIAN; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; INDIAN; LETTER; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AWARENESS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 84879860070     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3182928261     Document Type: Letter

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