Attitudes towards blood donation in Trinidad and Tobago

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 83-87

  Sampath, S ^a   Ramsaran, V ^a   Parasram, S ^a   Mohammed, S ^a   Latchman, S ^a   Khunja, R ^a   Budhoo, D ^a   Poon King, C ^a   Charles, K S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b National Blood Transfusion Service   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Blood donation; Replacement; Voluntary

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNICITY; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE; RELIGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD DONORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; RISK FACTORS; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 34147147060     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: 13653148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3148.2007.00731.x     Document Type: Article

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