The discarding of blood units and the prevalence of infectious diseases in donors at the Pro-Blood Foundation/Blood Center of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil;Descarte de bolsas de sangue e prevalência de doenças infecciosas em doadores de sangue da Fundação Pró-Sangue/Hemocentro de São Paulo

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 111-116

  Salles, Nanci A ^a   Sabino, Ester C ^a   Barreto, Claudia C ^a   Barreto, Angela M E ^a   Otani, Marcia M ^a   Chamone, Dalton F ^a,b  

^a FUNDAÇÃO PRÓ SANGUE HEMOCENTRO DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

BLOOD; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH SERVICES; INFECTIOUS DISEASE;

ANTIGEN PURIFICATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; BRAZIL; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHAGAS DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE MARKER; HEALTH CENTER; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; PREVALENCE; SEROLOGY; SOUTH AMERICA; SYPHILIS;

BRAZIL; SAO PAULO;

EID: 0037305530     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1020-49892003000200011     Document Type: Article

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