Barriers and motivators to blood and cord blood donations in young African-American women

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 198-202

  Grossman, Brenda ^a   Watkins, Andre R ^c   Fleming, Faye ^b   DeBaun, Michael R ^c  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Fleming Communications   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood donors; Cord blood donors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR SITE; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RELIGION; REVIEW; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BLOOD DONORS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MOTIVATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 14644427097     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.20308     Document Type: Review

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