Adequacy and pattern of blood donations in north-eastern Nigeria: The implications for blood safety

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 725-731

  Ahmed, S G ^a,b   Ibrahim, U A ^a   Hassan, A W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI   (Nigeria)

^b AMINU KANO TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MEDICAL RECORD; NIGERIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY;

ADULT; BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD GROUPING AND CROSSMATCHING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; NIGERIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 36849025379     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485907X241442     Document Type: Article

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