Etiology of anemia of blood donor candidates deferred by hematologic screening

Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 356-360

  da Silva, Michel Alves ^a   de Souza, Renata Andréia Volpe ^b   Carlos, Aline Meneses ^b   Soares, Sheila ^b   Moraes Souza, Helio ^b   Pereira, Gilberto de Araujo ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TRIÂNGULO MINEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anemia; Blood donors; Donor selection; Iron deficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869074211     PISSN: 15168484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5581/1516-8484.20120092     Document Type: Article

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