Voluntary donors - Need for a second look

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 381-383

  Kakkar, Naveen ^a   Kaur, Rupinder ^a   Dhanoa, Jasbir ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Blood; Donors; Replacement; Safety; Transfusion transmitted diseases; Voluntary

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; INFECTION RATE; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PREVALENCE; SCREENING TEST; SEROLOGY; SYPHILIS; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; SAFETY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; INDIA; SAFETY; SYPHILIS;

EID: 32744465744     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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