Alleviating blood shortages in a resource-constrained environment

Transfusion

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1118-1126

  Pitocco, Christine ^a   Sexton, Thomas R ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD COMPONENT THERAPY; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; EMPLOYEE; ENVIRONMENT; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

BLOOD BANKS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 21644439748     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2005.00176.x     Document Type: Article

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