Of kin and kidneys: Do kinship networks contribute to racial disparities in living donor kidney transplantation?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 104, Issue , 2014, Pages 42-47

  Daw, Jonathan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Contraindications; Histocompatibility; Kidney transplantation; Kinship networks; Racial disparities in health; United States

Indexed keywords

CONTRAINDICATIONS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KINSHIP NETWORKS; RACIAL DISPARITIES IN HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84894413732     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.11.043     Document Type: Article

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