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Archive Home > 2007 > September > 06 > Size of blood donor pool smaller than estimated

Size of blood donor pool smaller than estimated

By Markian Hawryluk / The Bulletin
September 6, 2007

The number of Americans eligible to donate blood may be much smaller than previously believed. A new analysis published in the August issue of the journal Transfusion, suggests that only 37 percent of the country’s population meet the safety restrictions to donate blood.

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