A systematic review of the effect of red blood cell transfusion on mortality: Evidence from large-scale observational studies published between 2006 and 2010

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Hopewell, Sally ^a,b   Omar, Omar ^b   Hyde, Chris ^c   Yu, Ly Mee ^b   Doree, Carolyn ^a   Murphy, Mike F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c PLYMOUTH UNIVERSITY PENINSULA SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMBASE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMAN; MEDLINE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84878443683     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002154     Document Type: Article

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