Bedside practice of blood transfusion in a large teaching hospital in Uganda: An observational study

Asian Journal of Transfusion Science

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 60-65

  Sibinga, C Th Smit ^c   De Graaf, J D ^d   Kajja, I ^a   Bimenya, G S ^a   Postma, M J ^b  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Blood transfusion; Developing country; Observational study; Practice; Transfusion reactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951217369     PISSN: 09736247     EISSN: 19983565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-6247.53872     Document Type: Article

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