American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 51, Issue 4 , Pages 545-548 , April 2008

Potential Inefficiency of a Proposed Efficiency Model for Kidney Allocation

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doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2007.12.024

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 51, Issue 4 , Pages 545-548 , April 2008