Availability, safety, and quality of blood for transfusion in the Americas

OBJECTIVES: This article has two objectives: (1) to present for countries and territories of the Region of the Americas data on the number of blood donations, proportion of voluntary blood donors versus remunerated blood donors, coverage of screening for infectious agents, and separation of donated...

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Main Authors: José Ramiro Cruz, María Dolores Pérez-Rosales
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pan American Health Organization 2003-03-01
Series:Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892003000200010&lng=en&tlng=en