Transfusion and Apheresis Science
Volume 41, Issue 3 , Pages 175-178 , December 2009

The association of gender, age, body mass index, and vital signs in healthy plateletapheresis donors

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doi: 10.1016/j.transci.2009.09.004

Transfusion and Apheresis Science
Volume 41, Issue 3 , Pages 175-178 , December 2009

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