The quality of stored umbilical cord and adult-donated whole blood in Mombasa, Kenya

Transfusion

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 611-616

  Hassall, Oliver ^a   Maitland, Kathryn ^b   Fegan, Gregory ^b   Thitiri, Johnstone ^b   Pole, Lewa ^b   Mwakesi, Robert ^b   Denje, Douglas ^b   Wambua, Kongo ^b   Mandaliya, Kishor ^b   Bates, Imelda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; POTASSIUM;

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD STORAGE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; KENYA; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADULT; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD PRESERVATION; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; QUALITY CONTROL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77649210077     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2009.02489.x     Document Type: Article

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