The donor health assessment questionnaire: Potential for format change and computer-assisted self-interviews to improve donor attention

Transfusion

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1595-1600

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

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BLOOD DONOR; FEMALE; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MICROCOMPUTER; RECALL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; BLOOD DONORS; COMPUTERS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34548130039     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2007.01329.x     Document Type: Article

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