Plasma collection and donor safety in rural China

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 192, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1681-1682

  Bodd, Roger Y ^a,b  

^a AMERICAN RED CROSS   (United States)

^b HOLLAND LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHINA; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; NOTE; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED CROSS; RURAL AREA; SAFETY; SEROPREVALENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CHINA; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PLASMA; PLASMAPHERESIS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 27744438025     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/497154     Document Type: Note

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