The effect of race and income on living kidney donation in the United States

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1872-1879

  Gill, Jagbir ^a   Dong, James ^a   Rose, Caren ^a   Johnston, Olwyn ^a   Landsberg, David ^a   Gill, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; KIDNEY; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84887079452     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: 15333450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2013010049     Document Type: Article

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