Impact of a 5-year deferral from blood donation for men who have sex with men

Transfusion

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1598-1602

  O'Brien, Sheila F ^a,b   Osmond, Lori ^a   Fan, Wenli ^a   Yi, Qi Long ^a,b   Goldman, Mindy ^a,b  

^a CANADIAN BLOOD SERVICES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; MONITORING; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; BLOOD SAFETY; CANADA; DONOR SELECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; TRANSMISSION;

BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD SAFETY; CANADA; DONOR SELECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84953410736     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/trf.13445     Document Type: Article

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