Donation deferral criteria for human immunodeficiency virus positivity among blood donors in northern Thailand

Transfusion

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 242-249

  Sawanpanyalert, P ^a   Uthaivoravit, W ^a   Yanai, H ^b   Limpakarnjanarat, K ^c   Mastro, T D ^c   Nelson, K E ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HIV/AIDS Collaboration   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; THAILAND;

EID: 0029864255     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.1996.36396182143.x     Document Type: Article

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