NHS maternity units should not encourage commercial banking of umbilical cord blood

British Medical Journal

Volumn 333, Issue 7572, 2006, Pages 801-804

  Edozien, Leroy C ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD BANK; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MARKETING; MATERNITY WARD; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NOTE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK MANAGEMENT; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

BLOOD BANKS; COMMERCE; CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; FETAL BLOOD; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC POLICY; PUBLIC SECTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 33750064544     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38950.628519.68     Document Type: Note

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