Characteristics of blood donors and donated blood in sub-Saharan Francophone Africa

Transfusion

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1592-1599

  Tagny, Claude Tayou ^a   Diarra, Amadou ^b   Yahaya, Rakia ^b   Hakizimana, Marc ^b   Nguessan, Antoine ^b   Mbensa, Guy ^b   Nébié, Yacouba ^b   Dahourou, Honorine ^b   Mbanya, Dora ^b   Shiboski, Caroline ^b   Murphy, Edward ^b   Lefrère, Jean Jacques ^b  

^a University Teaching Hospital Yaounde   (Cameroon)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BURKINA FASO; CAMEROON; CONGO; COTE D'IVOIRE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; MALI; NIGER; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RWANDA;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; DONOR SELECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMANS; INFECTION; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 68149094137     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2009.02137.x     Document Type: Article

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