Selection of whole-blood donors for hemoglobin testing by use of historical hemoglobin values

Transfusion

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2176-2183

  Ziemann, Malte ^a   Steppat, Dagmar ^b   Brockmann, Christian ^b   Washington, Gesa ^b   Kirchner, Holger ^b   Schlenke, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IRON THERAPY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHLEBOTOMY; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BLOOD DONORS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33751383276     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2006.01049.x     Document Type: Article

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