Blood donation and blood transfusion in Spain (1997 - 2007): The effects of demographic changes and universal leucoreduction

Blood Transfusion

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 100-106

  García Erce, José Antonio ^a   Campos, Arturo ^b   Muñoz, Manuel ^c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MIGUEL SERVET   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA VICTORIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Autologous donation; Blood donation; Blood transfusion; Consumption; Universal leucoreduction

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD COMPONENT; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; SPAIN; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; UNIVERSAL LEUCOREDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION, AUTOLOGOUS; DEMOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE REDUCTION PROCEDURES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; SPAIN;

EID: 77953508939     PISSN: 17232007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2450/2009.0079-09     Document Type: Article

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