The Canadian donor health assessment questionnaire: Can it be improved?

Transfusion

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2169-2175

  Goldman, Mindy ^a   Ram, Shefali S ^b   Yi, Qi Long ^b   O'Brien, Sheila F ^b  

^a CANADIAN BLOOD SERVICES   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BLOOD DONOR; CANADA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; SAFETY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD DONORS; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33751381793     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2006.01048.x     Document Type: Article

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