Knowledge of HIV/AIDS transmission and screening in United States blood donors

Transfusion

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1341-1350

  Sharma, Usha K ^a,b,c   Schreiber, George B ^a,b   Glynn, Simone A ^a,b   Nass, Catharie C ^a,b   Higgins, Martha J ^a,b   Tu, Yongling ^a,b   Bethel, Jim ^a,b   Williams, Alan E ^a,b  

^a HOLLAND LABORATORY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD SERVICES   (United States)

^c WESTAT   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BLOOD DONORS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035189945     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.2001.41111341.x     Document Type: Article

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