Forgotten transfusion history: John Leacock of Barbados

British Medical Journal

Volumn 325, Issue 7378, 2002, Pages 1485-1487

  Schmidt, P J ^a,b   Leacock, A G ^a  

^a Florida Blood Services   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CAREER; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0037153705     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.325.7378.1485     Document Type: Article

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