Blood donation in Morocco: A 20-year retrospective study of blood collection in the Rabat blood centre

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 173-180

  Tazi Mokha, A ^a,b   Soulaymani, A ^b   Mokhtari, A ^b   Alami, R ^a  

^a Rabat Institutes   (Morocco)

^b IBN TOFAIL UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Blood donation; Developing countries; Mobile drive; Morocco; Voluntary blood donors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HUMAN; MOROCCO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD DONORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE HEALTH UNITS; MOROCCO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; URBAN POPULATION; VOLUNTARY WORKERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861185514     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: 13653148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3148.2012.01138.x     Document Type: Article

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