Need for a national blood policy to ensure safe blood transfusion

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 81-84

  Rahman, Mahfooz ^a   Jawaid, Shaukat Ali ^a  

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Indexed keywords

BANGLADESH; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PAKISTAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SAFETY; SCREENING;

EID: 3042575856     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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