Donor deferral due to anemia: A tertiary care center-based study

Asian Journal of Transfusion Science

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-55

  Bahadur, Shalini ^a   Pujani, Meenu ^a   Jain, Manjula ^a  

^a LADY HARDINGE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Anemia; donor deferral; hemoglobin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879192425     PISSN: 09736247     EISSN: 19983565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-6247.76001     Document Type: Article

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