Utilization of blood transfusion among older adults in the United States

Transfusion

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 710-718

  Rogers, Mary A M ^a,b   Blumberg, Neil ^a,b   Heal, Joanna M ^a,b   Langa, Kenneth M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY MASS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEOPLASM; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79954596636     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2010.02937.x     Document Type: Article

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