Blood donation and blood donor mortality after adjustment for a healthy donor effect

Transfusion

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2479-2485

  Ullum, Henrik ^a   Rostgaard, Klaus ^b   Kamper Jørgensen, Mads ^b,c   Reilly, Marie ^d   Melbye, Mads ^b   Nyrén, Olof ^d   Norda, Rut ^e   Edgren, Gustaf ^d,f   Hjalgrim, Henrik ^b  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DONOR SELECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; TREND STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; FACTUAL DATABASE; MULTICENTER STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

BLOOD DONORS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84943815473     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/trf.13205     Document Type: Article

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