The efficient organization of blood donation: What determines the number of donors and donations?

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 5-11

  Van Der Pol, M ^a,c   Cairns, J ^a   Galea, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b NINEWELLS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood donation; Donor behaviour

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; COST; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD DONORS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HUMANS; SCOTLAND;

EID: 0034070888     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3148.2000.00226.x     Document Type: Article

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