Minority and foreign-born representation among US blood donors: Demographics and donation frequency for 2006

Transfusion

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2221-2228

  Murphy, Edward L ^a   Shaz, Beth ^a   Hillyer, Christopher D ^a   Carey, Patricia ^a   Custer, Brian S ^a   Hirschler, Nora ^a   Fang, Junyong ^a   Schreiber, George B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BEHAVIOR; BIRTHPLACE; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; MINORITY GROUP; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA;

ADULT; BLOOD DONORS; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350457550     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2009.02271.x     Document Type: Article

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