Turning wrong into right: The 2013 lung allocation controversy

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 358-359

  Halpern, Scott D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHILD; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MASS MEDIA; POLITICS; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; TISSUE DONORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883423155     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-159-5-201309030-00684     Document Type: Article

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