Protecting blood safety

The Social Ecology of Infectious Diseases

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 187-214

  Page, Peter L ^a   Pizer, H F ^b  

^a AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD SERVICES   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 55049107386     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012370466-5.50012-1     Document Type: Chapter

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