Autologous blood donation and transfusion in Europe

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 119-123

  Politis, C ^a   Richardson, C ^b  

^a IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b PANTEION UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Autologous blood donation; Blood safety; Europe

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; BLOOD STORAGE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EUROPE; FRANCE; GERMANY; ITALY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCANDINAVIA;

BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD PRESERVATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION, AUTOLOGOUS; EUROPE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0035437336     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1423-0410.2001.00083.x     Document Type: Article

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