Pilot trials in transfusion medicine

Transfusion

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1293-1295

  Arnold, Donald M ^a   Webert, Kathryn E ^b   Adhikari, Neill K J ^b   Cook, Deborah J ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; METHODOLOGY; PILOT STUDY;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; PILOT PROJECTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 67649995215     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2009.02154.x     Document Type: Article

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