Compliance with the current 12-month deferral for male-to-male sex in Australia

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 14-22

  Seed, C R ^a   Lucky, T T ^b   Waller, D ^a   Wand, H ^b   Lee, J F ^a   Wroth, S ^a   Mcdonald, A ^b   Pink, J ^a   Wilson, D P ^b   Keller, A J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS BLOOD SERVICE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Donors; Epidemiology; Transfusion transmissible infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAL INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONDOM USE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE TO MALE SEX; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; ORAL SEX; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX; SEXUALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

DONORS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; TRANSFUSION-TRANSMISSIBLE INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEPATITIS B; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890802126     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/vox.12093     Document Type: Article

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