America finds hemovigilance!

Transfusion

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1937-1942

  AuBuchon, James P ^a   Whitaker, Barbee I ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; MORBIDITY; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; TRANSFUSION; UNITED STATES;

AWARENESS; BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548718232     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2007.01457.x     Document Type: Article

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