Evaluation of blood bank practices in Karachi, Pakistan, and the government's response

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 217-222

  Luby, Stephen ^a,d   Khanani, Rafique ^b   Zia, Maliha ^a   Vellani, Zuleikha ^a   Ali, Mohsin ^a   Qureshi, Abdul Haleem ^a   Khan, Aamir J ^a   Mujeeb, Syed Abdul ^c   Shah, Sharaf Ali ^a   Fisher Hoch, Susan ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b JINNAH SINDH MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c JINNAH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL CENTRE   (Pakistan)

^d STRONG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REAGENT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD STORAGE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EQUIPMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LAW; PAKISTAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPERATURE; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0034035369     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/15.2.217     Document Type: Article

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