An overview of disparities and interventions in pediatric kidney transplantation worldwide

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1077-1086

  Freeman, Michael A ^a   Myaskovsky, Larissa ^b  

^a PENN STATE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Kidney transplantation; Minority health; Organ allocation; Racial disparities; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY GROUP; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HLA MATCHING; HLA SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LONGEVITY; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; MINORITY HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHILD; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MINORITY HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84929945664     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: 1432198X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-014-2879-3     Document Type: Article

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