Transfusion-transmissible infections among voluntary blood donors at Government Medical College Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

Asian Journal of Transfusion Science

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 55-56

  Anjali, H ^a   Issac, Ancy ^a   Anjali, M R ^a   Anish, T S ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

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EID: 84879192708     PISSN: 09736247     EISSN: 19983565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-6247.95060     Document Type: Letter

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