Relative safety of first-time volunteer and replacement donors in West Africa

Transfusion

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 340-343

  Allain, Jean Pierre ^a,b   Sarkodie, Francis ^a,b   Asenso Mensah, Kwame ^a,b   Owusu Ofori, Shirley ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PREVALENCE; VOLUNTEER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BLOOD DONORS; DONOR SELECTION; FEMALE; GHANA; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; SAFETY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; VOLUNTARY WORKERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75749110567     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2009.02444.x     Document Type: Article

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