Response rate of malaysian blood donors with reactive screening test to transfusion medicine unit calls

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1315-1321

  Roshan, T M ^a   Rosline, H ^b   Ahmed, S A ^b   Rapiaah, M ^b   Khattak, M N ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

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EID: 76749155720     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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