The European Blood Directive: A new era of blood regulation has begun

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 257-273

  Faber, Jean Claude ^a,b  

^a Blood Transfusion Service   (Luxembourg)

^b Luxembourg Red Cross   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Blood safety; Blood transfusion; Community legislation; Directive 2002 98 EC; European blood directive; European community; European union

Indexed keywords

BLOOD BANK; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; EUROPE; LAW; REVIEW; SAFETY;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; EUROPE; HUMANS;

EID: 4043063528     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0958-7578.2004.00513.x     Document Type: Review

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