Donor attention to reading materials

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 336-342

  O'Brien, Sheila F ^a,b   Osmond, L ^a   Choquet, K ^a   Yi, Q L ^a,b   Goldman, M ^a,b  

^a CANADIAN BLOOD SERVICES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood donor; Education; Learning; Pamphlet; Predonation reading

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOTIVATION; PREDONATION READING MATERIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; ATTENTION; EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BLOOD DONORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; READING;

EID: 84944279412     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/vox.12298     Document Type: Article

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