Donor criteria for men who have sex with men: A Canadian perspective

Transfusion

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1887-1892

  Goldman, Mindy ^a   Lapierre, Don ^a   Lemay, Lorna ^a   Devine, Dana ^a   Sher, Graham ^a  

^a CANADIAN BLOOD SERVICES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD DONOR; CANADA; CONSENSUS; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONSULTATION; COURT; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; NOTE;

CANADA; CONSENSUS; DONOR SELECTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 84904415766     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/trf.12592     Document Type: Note

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