Blood Safety Policy: Should Cautionary Policies Be Adopted with Caution?

Overview

Journal Blood Transfus

Specialty Hematology

Date 2018 Sep 6

PMID 30183614

Citations 2

Authors

Luciana Riva

Carlo Petrini

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