Titre :
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Geographic location of commercial plasma donation clinics in the United States, 1980-1995. (2004)
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Auteurs :
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Robert-C JAMES ;
MUSTARD (Cameron-A) : CAN. Department of Public Health Sciences. University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine. Toronto. ;
University of Manitoba. Faculty of Medicine. Department of Community Health Sciences. Winnipeg. CAN
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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American journal of public health (vol. 94, n° 7, 2004)
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Pagination :
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1224-1229
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Plasma sanguin
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Etats Unis
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Amérique
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Ethique
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Risque
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Commercialisation
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Amérique du Nord
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS HJCR0xei. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Objective : We examined the location of commercial plasma donation centers in the United States over the period 1980 to 1995 relative to the geographic distribution of risk behaviors associated with transfusion-transmissible infections. Methods : The census tract locations of commercial source plasma clinics were described by measures of neighborhood social disadvantage and the prevalence of illicit drug use and active local drug economies. Results : Depending on the measure of social environment used, commercial plasma clinics were 5 to 8 times more likely to be located in census tracts designated high-risk than would be expected by chance. Conclusions : Commercial source plasma clinics were overrepresented in neighborhoods with very active local drug economies. These patterns persisted after the links between human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis C virus infections and plasma products had been established and may present risks to blood system safety.
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