Blood: The ultimate donation in emergencies

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 395-396

  De Ville De Goyet, Claude ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; EARTHQUAKE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH; HUMAN; NOTE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RELIEF WORK;

BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; HUMANS; RELIEF WORK; TRIAGE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 61449111933     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00006129     Document Type: Note

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