Comparison of donor and general population demographics over time: a BEST Collaborative group study

Transfusion

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 2469-2476

  Goldman, Mindy ^a   Steele, Whitney R ^b   Di Angelantonio, Emanuele ^c   van den Hurk, Katja ^d   Vassallo, Ralph R ^e   Germain, Marc ^f   O'Brien, Sheila F ^a  

^a CANADIAN BLOOD SERVICES   (Canada)

^b AMERICAN RED CROSS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRAL LABORATORY   (Netherlands)

^e Blood Systems Incorporated   (United States)

^f HÉMA QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; CIRCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION; ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGED; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMOGRAPHY; FORECASTING; MULTICENTER STUDY; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85028756649     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/trf.14307     Document Type: Article

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