Community survey on blood donation practices in a northern state of Nigeria

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-25

  Salaudeen, Adekunle Ganiyu ^a   Musa, O I ^a   Awoyemi, A O ^a   Bolarinwa, A O ^a   Adegboye, A O ^a   Samuel, S O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

^b AMBROSE ALLI UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Blood donation; Blood donation practices; Blood donors; Voluntary blood

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CAREGIVER; COMMUNITY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE; KNOWLEDGE; NIGERIA; NORMAL HUMAN; SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE; VOLUNTARY PROGRAM;

ADULT; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NIGERIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958838352     PISSN: 11212233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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