Seasonal temperature variation and the rate of donor deferral for low hematocrit in the American Red Cross

Transfusion

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 890-894

  Sebok, M A ^a   Notari, E P ^b   Chambers, L A ^b   Benjamin, R J ^b   Eder, A F ^b  

^a AMERICAN RED CROSS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RED CROSS; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD DONORS; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RED CROSS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247579811     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2007.01206.x     Document Type: Article

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