Understanding noncompliance with selective donor deferral criteria for high-risk behaviors in Australian blood donors

Transfusion

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1739-1749

  Lucky, Tarana T A ^a   Seed, Clive R ^b   Waller, Daniel ^b   Lee, June F ^b   McDonald, Ann ^a   Wand, Handan ^a   Wroth, Stephen ^b   Shuttleworth, Glen ^b   Keller, Anthony J ^b   Pink, Joanne ^b   Wilson, David P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS BLOOD SERVICE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD DONOR; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD DONORS; DONOR SELECTION; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEX WORKERS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904512485     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/trf.12554     Document Type: Article

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