Blood donation by elderly repeat blood donors

Transfusion Medicine and Hemotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 242-250

  Zeiler, Thomas ^a   Lander Kox, Jutta ^a   Alt, Timo ^b  

^a Zentralbereich Stammzelle   (Germany)

^b DRK Blutspendedienst West GGmbH Zentrum für Transfusionsmedizin Bad Kreuznach   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adverse donation reactions; Blood donation; Blood donors; Donor deferral; Donor safety; Elderly blood donors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE DONOR REACTION; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; DONOR DEFERRAL; DONOR SELECTION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84906534543     PISSN: 16603796     EISSN: 16603818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000365401     Document Type: Article

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