Improving Safety for Young Blood Donors

Transfusion Medicine Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 14-26

  Eder, Anne F ^a  

^a AMERICAN RED CROSS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD VOLUME; DEMOGRAPHY; DONOR SELECTION; HUMAN; JUVENILE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SAFETY; RED CROSS; SYNCOPE; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; RED CROSS; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SYNCOPE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82955162503     PISSN: 08877963     EISSN: 15329496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmrv.2011.07.008     Document Type: Article

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