A study of sociocultural factors related to voluntary blood donation in the Americas;Estudio de factores socioculturales relacionados con la donación voluntaria de sangre en las Américas

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

Volumn 13, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 85-90

  García Gutiérrez, Marcela ^a   Sáenz De Tejada, Eugenia ^a   Ramiro Cruz, José ^a,b  

^a PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BLOOD DONOR; BOLIVIA; COLOMBIA; COSTA RICA; CUBA; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCUMENTATION; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; GUATEMALA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JAMAICA; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; NICARAGUA; OBSERVATION; PANAMA; PARAGUAY; PERCEPTION; PERU; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL ASPECT; VENEZUELA; VOLUNTEER; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 0037305724     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1020-49892003000200008     Document Type: Article

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