Reducing reactions to blood donation with applied muscle tension: A randomized controlled trial

Transfusion

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1269-1276

  Ditto, Blaine ^a   France, Christopher R ^b   Lavoie, Pauline ^b   Roussos, Marios ^b   Adler, Perry S J ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE TONE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0041833751     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.2003.00488.x     Document Type: Article

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