Quality in the screening of donations for transfusion-transmissible infections

Transfusion Microbiology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 217-226

  Barbara, John A J ^a   Kitchen, Alan D ^b  

^a National Transfusion Microbiology Reference Laboratory NHS Blood and Transplant ^*

^b NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 70449341366     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511545245.021     Document Type: Chapter

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