Does donating blood for the first time during a national emergency create a better commitment to donating again?

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 98, Issue 3 A, 2010, Pages

  Tran, S ^a   Lewalski, E A ^a   Dwyre, Denis M ^a   Hagar, Y ^b   Beckett, L ^b   Janatpour, K A ^a,c   Holland, P V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Genoptix Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

9 11; Blood donor; Donor retention; National emergency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISASTER; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; FIRST TIME DONOR; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SEX DIFFERENCE; TERRORISM;

ADULT; BLOOD DONORS; DISASTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY WORKERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77449118792     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2009.01274.x     Document Type: Article

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