Availability, safety, and quality of blood for transfusion in the Americas

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

Volumn 13, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 103-110

  Ramiro Cruz, José ^a   Pérez Rosales, María Dolores ^a  

^a PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood donors; Blood transfusion; Caribbean; Latin America; North America; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

BLOOD; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; HEALTH SERVICES; SAFETY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE MARKER; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLICATION; SAFETY; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; VOLUNTEER; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 0037305725     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1020-49892003000200010     Document Type: Article

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