Trends in age and red blood cell donation habits among several racial/ethnic minority groups in the United States

Transfusion

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 1644-1655

  Yazer, Mark H ^a   Vassallo, Ralph ^b   Delaney, Meghan ^c   Germain, Marc ^d   Karafin, Matthew S ^e   Sayers, Merlyn ^f   van de Watering, Leo ^g   Shaz, Beth H ^h  

^a INSTITUTE FOR TRANSFUSION MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Blood Systems Incorporated   (United States)

^c BloodWorks Northwest   (United States)

^d HÉMA QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^e BLOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g Sanquin Blood Supply   (Netherlands)

^h NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CIRCULATION; ERYTHROCYTE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; HABIT; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; AGE; AGED; BLOOD DONOR; MINORITY GROUP;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BLOOD DONORS; ERYTHROCYTES; ETHNIC GROUPS; HABITS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85017139159     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/trf.14108     Document Type: Article

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