Mitigating adverse reactions in youthful donors

Transfusion

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1774-1776

  France, Christopher R ^a   Menitove, Jay E ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Division of New York Blood Center Enterprises   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANXIETY; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD VOLUME; BODY WEIGHT; COPING BEHAVIOR; DONOR SELECTION; EDITORIAL; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; MUSCLE TONE; PRESYNCOPE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HUMANS;

EID: 50849108814     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2008.01882.x     Document Type: Editorial

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