Their health is our wealth: lay perceptions on the health impacts of blood donation

Helen Fogarty^{1

2}, Ellen McSweeney¹, Tor Hervig¹

Affiliations

¹ Irish Blood Transfusion Service, National Blood Centre, Dublin 8, Ireland.
² Irish Centre for Vascular Biology, School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin 2, Ireland.

Editorial

Helen Fogarty et al. Blood Transfus. 2024 Jan.

. 2024 Jan;22(1):1-3.

doi: 10.2450/BloodTransfus.625. Epub 2023 Sep 22.

Helen Fogarty^{1

2}, Ellen McSweeney¹, Tor Hervig¹

¹ Irish Blood Transfusion Service, National Blood Centre, Dublin 8, Ireland.
² Irish Centre for Vascular Biology, School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin 2, Ireland.

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Conflict of interest statement

The Authors declare no conflict of interests.

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