Prospective investigation of transfusion transmitted infection in recipients of over 20 000 units of blood

BMJ

Volumn 320, Issue 7232, 2000, Pages 403-406

  Regan, Fiona A M ^a   Hewitt, Patricia ^a   Barbara, John A J ^a   Contreras, Marcela ^a  

^a NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA, T-CELL, ACUTE, HTLV-I-ASSOCIATED; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034639768     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.320.7232.403     Document Type: Article

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