Monitoring viral incidence rates: Tools for the implementation of European Union regulations

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 298-308

  Janssen, M P ^a   Cator, E A ^b   Van Der Poel, C L ^a,e   Schaasberg, W P ^c   Bonsel, G J ^d   Van Hout, B A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c STATISTICS NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e CENTRAL LABORATORY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Control charts; Incidence monitoring; Incidence rate estimation; Plasma derived medicinal products; Risk management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN UNION; EVALUATION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DNA, VIRAL; EUROPEAN UNION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 65649113942     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2009.01166.x     Document Type: Article

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