Japanese Flock to China for Organ Transplants
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2131934 |
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| Authors | Dougal Mcneill (0000-0003-0049-1770), David Mcneill (0000-0002-6892-5902), Clifford Coonan |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Publication date | 2006-04-16 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Japan focus (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1557-4660 • E-ISSN: 1557-4660 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1557466006004670 |
| OpenAlex | W4410181545 |
| Language | EN |
When Hokamura Kenichiro's kidneys failed, he waited over four years for a transplant before going online to check out rumors of organs for sale.As a native of Japan, where less than 10 kidney transplants are performed a year, the 62-year- old businessman was desperate. "There are 100 people waiting in this prefecture alone and there were just three operations performed here last year. I would have died before getting a donor
Archaeology · Biology · China · Flock · Geography · Organ Donation and Transplantation · Ecology
| Highly cited | No |
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