Safety of blood donation by individuals over age 70 and their contribution to the blood supply in five developed countries: a BEST Collaborative group study

Transfusion

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2019, Pages 1267-1272

  Goldman, Mindy ^a   Germain, Marc ^b   Grégoire, Yves ^b   Vassallo, Ralph R ^c   Kamel, Hany ^c   Bravo, Marjorie ^c   Irving, David O ^d   Di Angelantonio, Emanuele ^e   Steele, Whitney R ^f   O'Brien, Sheila F ^a   Flanagan, Peter ^g   Bell, Barbara ^g   AuBuchon, James P ^g   Gorlin, Jed ^g   Sayers, Merlyn ^g   Shaz, Beth ^g   Ziman, Alyssa ^g  

^a CANADIAN BLOOD SERVICES   (Canada)

^b HÉMA QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^c Bonfils Blood Center   (United States)

^d AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS BLOOD SERVICE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f AMERICAN RED CROSS   (United States)

^g NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD STORAGE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR SELECTION; ENGLAND; FAINTNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT SAFETY; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; UNITED STATES; BLOOD SAFETY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL;

EID: 85059523288     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/trf.15132     Document Type: Article

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