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title: "MODELS TO INFORM THE SAFE COLLECTION AND TRANSFUSION OF DONATED BLOOD"
author: "W. Alton Russell"
date: "2021-01-18T22:39:46Z"
tags: [Models]
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Doctoral dissertation. [...] Copywrite 2021 by W. Alton Russell. All Rights Reserved. Re-distributed by Stanford University under license with the author. Donated blood is a critical component of health systems around the world, but its collection and transfusion involve risk for both donors and recipients. Transfusion-transmitted diseases and non-infectious transfusion-related adverse events pose a risk to transfusion recipients, and repeat blood donation can cause or exacerbate iron deficiency among donors. This dissertation describes four decision-analytic modeling projects that elucidate ...
