Lack of knowledge of blood donors in Burkina Faso (West Africa); Potential obstacle to transfusion security;Faible niveau de connaissances des donneurs de sang au Burkina Faso ; une entrave potentielle à la sécurité transfusionnelle

Transfusion Clinique et Biologique

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 446-452

  Nebie K Y ^a   Olinger, C M ^c   Kafando, E ^b   Dahourou, H ^a   Diallo, S ^a   Kientega, Y ^a   Domo, Y ^a   Kienou, K ^a   Ouattara, S ^a   Sawadogo, I ^a   Ky, L ^a   Muller, C P ^c  

^a Centre National de Transfusion Sanguine   (Burkina Faso)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

^c institut d'immunologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Blood donors; Burkina Faso; Knowledge; Motivations; Practice

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; BURKINA FASO; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 40849114444     PISSN: 12467820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tracli.2007.12.005     Document Type: Article

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