Assessment of physicians knowledge in transfusion medicine, Iran, 2007

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 132-138

  Gharehbaghian, A ^a   Javadzadeh Shahshahani, H ^a   Attar, M ^a   Rahbari Bonab, M ^a   Mehran, M ^a   Tabrizi Namini, M ^a  

^a IRANIAN BLOOD TRANSFUSION ORGANIZATION   (Iran)

Author keywords

Education; Knowledge; Physicians; Transfusion medicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; CONTINUING EDUCATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; IRAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PSYCHIATRIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOLOGIST; RESIDENT; SCORING SYSTEM;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HUMANS; IRAN; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 67651154431     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: 13653148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3148.2009.00923.x     Document Type: Article

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