Blood pre-donation deferrals - A teaching hospital experience

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 571-574

  Rabeya, Y ^a   Mustaffa, Rapiaah ^b   Rosline, H ^b   Ahmed, S A ^b   Zaidah, W A ^b   Roshan, T M ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

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EID: 44949143037     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
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