Survey of transfusion policies at US and Canadian children's hospitals in 2008 and 2009

Transfusion

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2328-2335

  Spinella, Philip C ^a,b,c,d   Dressler, Alex ^a,b,c,d   Tucci, Marisa ^a,b,c,d   Carroll, Christopher L ^a,b,c,d   Rosen, Rosa Sanchez ^a,b,c,d   Hume, Heather ^a,b,c,d   Sloan, Steven R ^a,b,c,d   Lacroix, Jacques ^a,b,c,d  

^a Department of Pediatrics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c BLOOD SYSTEMS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROCYTE PRESERVATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRRADIATION;

EID: 78349266391     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2010.02708.x     Document Type: Article

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