The risks and benefits of accepting men who have had sex with men as blood donors

Transfusion

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-33

  Germain, Marc ^a   Remis, R S ^b   Delage, G ^b  

^a Microbiology and Epidemiology   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSTINENCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

BLOOD DONORS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0037228815     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.2003.00281.x     Document Type: Article

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