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. 1996 Nov 16;313(7067):1221–1222. doi: 10.1136/bmj.313.7067.1221

A SHOT in the arm for safer blood transfusion.

L M Williamson, J Heptonstall, K Soldan
PMCID: PMC2352538  PMID: 8939097

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