Modifying physicians' transfusion practice

Transfusion Medicine Reviews

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 27-37

  Eisenstaedt, R S ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW;

EID: 0031059625     PISSN: 08877963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-7963(97)80007-7     Document Type: Article

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