History of blood transfusion in sub-saharan africa

Transfusion Medicine Reviews

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 21-28

  Schneider, William H ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAFETY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HISTORY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KNOWLEDGE; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD SAFETY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; COLONIALISM; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; RED CROSS; VIREMIA; WORLD WAR II;

EID: 84872275599     PISSN: 08877963     EISSN: 15329496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmrv.2012.08.001     Document Type: Review

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