Predictive ability of sequential surveys in determining donor loss from increasingly stringent variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease deferral policies

Transfusion

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 461-468

  O'Brien, Sheila F ^a   Chiavetta, Jo Anne ^b   Goldman, Mindy ^b   Fan, Wenli ^b   Nair, Rama C ^b   Sher, Graham D ^b   Vamvakas, Eleftherios C ^b  

^a CANADIAN BLOOD SERVICES   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; TRAVEL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD DONORS; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAVEL;

EID: 33644672554     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2006.00744.x     Document Type: Article

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