Blood transfusions: Are they life saving or transfusing infections?

Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Amrutha Kumari, B ^a   Deepa, S ^a   Venkatesha, D ^a  

^a MMC and RI ^*  (India)

Author keywords

HBV; HCV; HIV; Syphilis; Transfusion transmitted infections

Indexed keywords

EID: 80655143636     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09725997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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