Iranian blood donors' motivations and their influencing factors

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 247-252

  Maghsudlu, M ^a   Nasizadeh, S ^a  

^a HIGH INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN TRANSFUSION MEDICINE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Blood donor volunteer; Motivation

Indexed keywords

ACNE; ADULT; AGED; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; IRAN; MALE; MOOD CHANGE; MOTIVATION; PEER PRESSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD DONORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79960118795     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: 13653148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3148.2011.01077.x     Document Type: Article

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