Transplantation Proceedings
Volume 38, Issue 5 , Pages 1218-1220 , June 2006

Public Knowledge and Attitudes on Organ Donation Do Not Differ in Germany and Spain

  • H. Schauenburg

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Henning Schauenburg, Clinic for Psychosomatics and General Clinical Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Thibautstr. 2, 69115 Heidelberg, Germany.
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  • A. Hildebrandt

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PII: S0041-1345(06)00195-3

doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2006.02.105

Transplantation Proceedings
Volume 38, Issue 5 , Pages 1218-1220 , June 2006

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