Understanding the donor can correct the nation's blood imbalance

Transfusion

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 501-502

  Popovsky, Mark A ^a  

^a HAEMONETICS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD BANK; BLOOD COMPONENT; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD GROUP; BLOOD GROUP A; BLOOD GROUP AB; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STORAGE; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY CARE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL STAFF; THROMBOCYTE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; RED CROSS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645298485     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2006.00780.x     Document Type: Editorial

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