A prospective cohort study of blood donors: Methodological issues in the investigation of injuries and chronic diseases

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 578-582

  Ameratunga, Shanthi N ^a   Norton, Robyn N ^a   MacMahon, Stephen W ^a   Smith, Gordon S ^b   Jackson, Rodney T ^a   Currie, Rochelle ^a   Langley, John D ^c   Sharpe, Susan S ^a   Cheng, Ada ^a   Woodfield, D Graeme ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d Auckland Regional Blood Centre   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INJURY; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEW ZEALAND; NORMAL HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; SEROPREVALENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 7844240883     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1998.tb01442.x     Document Type: Article

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