Changing age distribution of the blood donor population in the United States

Transfusion

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 251-257

  Zou, Shimian ^a   Musavi, Fatemeh ^a   Notari IV, Edward P ^a   Fang, Chyang T ^a  

^a HOLLAND LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD COMPONENT; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD DONORS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38349170937     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2007.01517.x     Document Type: Article

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