Boom or bust? Estimating blood demand and supply as the baby boomers age

Transfusion

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 670-673

  Benjamin, Richard J ^a   Whitaker, Barbee I ^b  

^a AMERICAN RED CROSS   (United States)

^b AABB   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BABY BOOMER; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMAN; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954585470     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03071.x     Document Type: Review

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