Matching supply and demand for blood in Guizhou province, China: An unresolved challenge

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 103-109

  Reynolds, Lucy ^a   McKee, Martin ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Health beliefs; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHINA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MOTIVATION; OBSERVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHINA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MOTIVATION; OBSERVATION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77649316980     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdp030     Document Type: Article

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