Donor selection in Japan: A trial of new criteria with predonation haemoglobin testing

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 72-75

  Shimoyama, Ryushi ^a,b   Nakase, T ^a   Kojima, S ^a   Tanaka, S ^a   Yamamori, K ^a   Kaneko, C ^a   Ishimaru, K ^a   Ikeda, H ^a  

^a JAPANESE RED CROSS SOCIETY   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood donation criteria; Iron deficiency anaemia; Predonation haemoglobin testing

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; DEVICE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN ANALYSIS; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; STANDARD; BLOOD BANK; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; REFERENCE VALUE; RELATIVE DENSITY;

ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD DONORS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SPECIFIC GRAVITY;

EID: 0036484115     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0042-9007.2001.00145.x     Document Type: Article

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